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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Sep 21, 2016

Can you guarantee the American people that that $1.7 billion in cash will not be used to fund terror?

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Sep 21, 2016

So the employees take the downside risk. What about the upside, who enjoys the upside surprise?

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Sep 21, 2016

It leads me to believe that the Administration has not been truthful--with the American people, based on your testimony today.

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Sep 21, 2016

Frankly, it is like having a pizza. You don't have more pizza if you cut it into slices; you still have the same amount of money.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my great concern that in a mere 9 days the United States Government is going to give up control of the Internet. This is one of those issues that I don't think many Americans know about. This is not on…

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Sep 21, 2016

They are the lead sponsor of terror in the world.

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Jim Clyburn
@jimclyburn· Democratic · SC· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, in just three days, the National Museum of African American History & Culture will officially open its doors to the public. One hundred years in the making, the museum explores the richness and diversity of the African…

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Joaquin Castro
@joaquincastro· Democratic · TX· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Engel for yielding me this time and for his support of this legislation. He, Chairman Royce, as well as their staff members have been terrific partners in moving this bill forward. I also want to say a…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2315. This bill represents a major assault on the sovereignty of the States, and does particular damage to my home State of New York…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, whatever the gentleman may say, the fact is this bill, since it deals only with earnings earned completely within a State, represents a major assault on the sovereignty…

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Mark Pocan
@markpocan· Democratic · WI· Sep 21, 2016

I just find it an unfortunate set of priorities sometimes that government has dealing with these issues.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Sep 21, 2016

What about the option of controlling the airspace so that barrel bombs cannot be dropped?

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Derek Kilmer
@derekkilmer· Democratic · WA· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the 125th anniversary of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. If you come into Bremerton, Washington, by ferry, you see a big yellow and blue slogan painted on the side of the shipyard's Building 460, and it…

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Sep 21, 2016

I spoke to a Democratic colleague of mine today. I've been calling for a no-fly zone to stop the barrel bombing, and I asked this colleague of mine on the other side of the aisle if he would support that. He said, 'Yes.'

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Sep 21, 2016

Mr. President, we just passed a NASA bill in the Commerce Committee, and we are going to Mars. We are going to Mars in the decade of the 2030s with humans, and the bill sets the goal of having a colonization of other worlds. This is a new…

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