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Bonnie Watson Coleman
@bonniewatsoncoleman· Democratic · NJ· Sep 20, 2016

So, basically, you're running the business out of Canonsburg. So you simply moved your address to another country so that you didn't have to pay at the tax rate in this country at the same time you present this drug, this lifesaving drug…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5859, the ``Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act,'' for two reasons. First, the bill will save lives. Second, the legislation is necessary to support the vital work of first responders…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5946, the ``United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act.'' H.R. 5946 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the value of any medal or prize money that an Athlete may…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5147, the ``Bathrooms Accessible In Every Situation (BABIES) Act of 2016.'' This is an important measure that would provide diaper changing facilities in male and female restrooms in public buildings…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating) for yielding to me. He is a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and, once again, he is doing excellent work with this bill, and Mr. Roskam as well. I am…

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Bill Keating
@billkeating· Democratic · MA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2285. I would like to thank my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) for his strong support in trying to eradicate a major funding source for a…

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Bill Keating
@billkeating· Democratic · MA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I just want to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) for his support in this. I want to thank the 19 cosponsors of this legislation, including the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) who just spoke and who is the…

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G. K. Butterfield
@gkbutterfield· Democratic · NC· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, let me begin this evening by thanking Mr. Carson for yielding time, and thanking him for his extraordinary leadership not only on his committee, but for the great work that he does here in Congress. He is a leader of leaders…

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Eleanor Holmes Norton
@eleanorholmesnorton· Democratic · DC· Sep 20, 2016

The only way to expand in the Nation's capital was to build right on the waterfront.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

So in this case we--you are far exceeding the minimum standard approach.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

Most of our development is now, by State law and State and local planning, focused on those downtown core areas, as Congressman DeFazio indicated, to avoid urban sprawl.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

The National Flood Insurance Program is critical in many areas.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

How are you going to overlay these new rules on top of our already strict land-use planning?

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

There are some glimmers of hope and activity there.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

So then, arguably, perhaps your agency, in exceeding its authority to follow the directives of National Marine Fisheries and agreeing to adopt this RPA, is vulnerable to being sued.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this oversight hearing of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

Washington State, where our regional office of NMFS is based, was allowed to go with performance standards, but it is a State that does not have comprehensive, statewide land-use planning.

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Peter DeFazio
@peterdefazio· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

To come in and say now that a main highway or a parkway in Portland or a pick your street in any of those 232 cities in Oregon is now a salmon habitat is ridiculous.

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