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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. Madam Speaker, the President of the United States and the Speaker of the House promised to solve the problem of the Dreamers and to give them a path to citizenship. This bill does not do that…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I strongly oppose H.R. 6136. Far from being the moderate and compromise bill that has been advertised, this bill is extreme and unreasonable. This bill eliminates the…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, for what purpose are we debating this bill tonight if we cannot guarantee when or if we will vote? Let me rephrase the question. Mr. Speaker, can the Chair guarantee that we will, in fact, vote on this bill at some point? The…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, we are entertaining debate on the bill, obviously, but can the Chair guarantee that we will, in fact, vote on this bill at some point? Otherwise, why are we wasting time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not advise on…

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Mark Pocan
@markpocan· Democratic · WI· Jun 21, 2018

Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about a trip I did on Sunday to the United States southern border in Texas to visit the processing centers and detention facilities that we are using to enforce the zero-tolerance policy that the…

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jun 21, 2018

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the pending legislation before us. I believe it is very important that we show that we do want to address this issue, and I think the Goodlatte-McCaul bill does that in a humane way. Now, we have this…

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Debbie Lesko
@debbielesko· Republican · AZ· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, vital legislation to the State of Arizona. My constituents back home know all too well how desperately we need our borders secured. I signed on as a…

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Brian Babin
@brianbabin· Republican · TX· Jun 21, 2018

I support the President's Space Policy Directive-3. And while I am at it, I support 1 and 2 as well.

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 227, noes 195, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 286]…

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Brian Babin
@brianbabin· Republican · TX· Jun 21, 2018

However, not improving the Nation's civil space situational awareness and space traffic management framework is unacceptable.

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Jun 21, 2018

I don't agree with the Koch network on much. I do know that they fund many Republicans, but maybe now that the Republicans are taking children away from their parents, the Kochs will stop funding Republicans, because I am glad to hear that…

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Dana Rohrabacher
@danarohrabacher· Republican · CA· Jun 21, 2018

We have an administration that is clearly committed to focus on space and what we can utilize space for.

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Dana Rohrabacher
@danarohrabacher· Republican · CA· Jun 21, 2018

this industry, the aerospace industry is a tremendous asset to our country, and we are relying on you to, as you are showing today, take leadership and keeping that a major part of our economy.

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Dana Rohrabacher
@danarohrabacher· Republican · CA· Jun 21, 2018

I believe that we have reached a tipping point in space... the private sector has the possibility of doing so much more.

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I also remind my friend from Miami that we have reached several compromises. He and I are both members of the Problem Solvers Caucus. I am proud that the Problem Solvers Caucus--more than 25 Democrats, 25 Republicans--we…

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