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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. I am not going to repeat what I said before. I will summarize. The request being made here is for information that the Department of Justice cannot provide because it relates…

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James Comer
@jamescomer· Republican · KY· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an inspiring group of middle school students from Heath Middle School and Calloway County Middle School. The First District of Kentucky was well represented at the Future Problem Solving Program…

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues today in insisting that the Department of Justice fully comply with Congress and provide the requested documents, including subpoenas related to the potential FISA abuse. The Department of Justice has done…

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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and, more importantly, for this resolution. =========================== NOTE =========================== June 28, 2018, on page H5827, the following appeared: Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 2880, a bill to establish a pilot program for long-term rental assistance for families…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. President, I have some remarks with which to explain the two unanimous consent requests that I am making. I understand, to accommodate the schedule of the Senator from Wisconsin, I will make the unanimous consent requests prior to my…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. President, I have another unanimous consent request. Let me just say, as to the unanimous consent request that the Senator from Wisconsin has just objected to, indeed, FEMA does oppose this. That is the whole purpose of the UC request…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. President, both of these UC requests are because there are a lot of people who are hurting in the aftermath of two hurricanes having hit Puerto Rico and because the island is still in great distress. Our fellow U.S. citizens on the…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen), the ranking member of the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee.

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Neal Dunn
@nealdunn· Republican · FL· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the heroic efforts of Suwannee County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Wadford earlier this month. On June 4, Deputy Wadford was off duty and traveling with his family when he witnessed a horrible car accident…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for the time. What we are experiencing here in this moment in this Chamber is the greatest tribute to Federico Fellini that could ever be produced in this House. It is a theater of the absurd. It is…

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Glenn Thompson
@glennthompson· Republican · PA· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight one of my district's most innovative businesses, KCF Technologies. KCF Technologies is an employee-owned technology company located in State College, Pennsylvania. Their passion is using technology to…

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Chair, on June 28, 2018, I inadvertently voted ``nay'' for the vote on the Foster of Illinois Amendment No. 24 to H.R. 6157. I had intended to vote ``aye'' for roll call No. 310. Amendment No. 29 Offered by Mr. Courtney The Acting…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 28, 2018

Madam President, if this week has shown us anything, it is that courts matter. In three important decisions over 2 days, the Supreme Court majority endorsed Donald Trump's bigotry and handed him the power to exclude any group of people for…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 28, 2018

Madam President, I want to thank my colleague, the Senator from Utah, Mr. Lee, for working with me on the act that we just passed. ____________________

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Judiciary Committee and a professor of constitutional law, I rise against this uncommonly silly and unprecedented so-called resolution of insistence. We have already received hundreds of thousands of…

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