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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 4 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5841, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, which the Financial Services Committee approved last month by a unanimous vote of 53-0. I want…

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger), the vice chairman of the Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee and the author of the FIRRMA bill before us.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr), the chairman of the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee, and the subcommittee chairman who helped craft the bill and helped shepherd it to the markup…

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Those who make peaceful protest impossible make other forms of protest inevitable.

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Where was your sense of outrage when Charlottesville erupted and a person lost her life? Where was your sense of outrage when the President of the United States of America said there some very nice people among the Klan, white…

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Jeb Hensarling
@jebhensarling· Republican · TX· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr), who is the chairman of our Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee.

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 2083 authorizes the lethal taking of over 1,000 sea lions and an unknown amount of seals annually. Counter to what we have heard, the bill will not significantly aid in the…

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, I want to indicate that the proponents of the legislation on both sides of the aisle, I understand, are representing not only constituent interests, but what they see is a…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I thank my dear friend from Indiana and his staff and thank the majority manager and her staff for their leadership on this bill. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of section 8129, particularly, of this bill. This section, Mr…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of Section 8129 of this bill. This section would allow the Secretary of Defense, in the event of a government shutdown, to make military death gratuity payments to families of fallen service members. I…

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, for many, this is an emotional debate. I would concede the point that this is not a silver bullet. What we are talking about in…

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I am disappointed to be standing here today to debate a bill that has become quite familiar to the House Natural Resources Committee over the past three Congresses. I…

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2083. This legislation claims to protect salmon in the Columbia River by authorizing an increase in the annual permits to kill California…

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Mike Quigley
@mikequigley· Democratic · IL· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, perhaps now more than ever, we need to recognize the critical role a free press plays in our democracy and those who play that role so well. Today, I rise to honor the life and legacy of an award-winning journalist and…

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Maxwell Frost
@maxwellfrost· Democratic · FL· Jun 26, 2018

He will come back. We have been joined by the Speaker of the House, Speaker Ryan. I don't know how busy your schedule is, Mr. Speaker. I know you have a lot of demands on your time. I will let Charles finish, and then we will call you up…

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Maxwell Frost
@maxwellfrost· Democratic · FL· Jun 26, 2018

Mr. Speaker, thank you for your time and for your service. We need to let you get on to your meeting of your Conference. Thank you very much for being with us.

Congressional Record · 2018-06-26