Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Veasey for his tireless effort not only as a plaintiff in the Texas case courageously fighting against the injustices against voters, but I want to also thank the gentleman for his leadership on the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Eastern States Exposition held annually in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1916, the Eastern States Exposition, more affectionately known as ``The Big E,''…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak in opposition to H.R. 3438, the Require Evaluation Before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2016, also known as the REVIEW Act, which would automatically stay so-called high-impact rules that a party…

Mr. Chair, I thank the ranking member. Following the Court's remand, the EPA has reaffirmed its original finding that it is appropriate to achieve deep cuts in mercury and up to 7 dozen hazardous air pollutants such as lead, arsenic, and…

It is disconcerting to me, Mr. Chairman, that we have had hearings with other agencies and it just seems that this goes on and on and on and no real punitive action is taken.

Has anyone been fired? Has that question been asked, Mr. Chairman?

That seems to be a pattern ----

But why have you just now started the process when we've been losing billions of dollars?

So do we know how much we paid out in improper payments in TANF benefits?

that's $1.1, to $1.2 trillion. That's a lot of money.

What are the statutory limitations that keep the States from reporting improper payments on TANF benefits?

So over the last 2 or 3 years, and the last report I saw was for 2014, and it was what, $3 billion, something in that range, that went out in death benefits improperly paid? Did that number decrease last year?

Well, given that they've called votes, let me ask that question to Health and Human Services on the TANF benefits.

Well, going back on the report that I read last year--actually, I'm on the Budget Committee and that's when I brought this up--65 percent of the improper payments were attributed to Medicare fee-for-service, Medicaid, and earned income tax…

In a letter, Richard Reece, Acuity's executive vice president, writes that current State laws are numerous, varied, and often changing, requiring that the company expend significant resources merely interpreting and satisfying States'…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New York for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2315, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015, which is an important bipartisan bill that will help workers and…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the ranking member for yielding. The majority argues that H.R. 3438 responds to cases where a court vacates a rule after it has already gone into effect. The majority argues that H.R. 3438 responds to the Supreme…