Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Walz), I offer amendment No. 19. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 54, add after line 2 the following…

Mr. Chairman, I fully support the gentleman's amendment, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Duffy The Acting…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. O'Rourke The…

Mr. Chair, at this time, I would like to use the remaining time I have on this amendment to make the following statement. I would like to take a moment to recognize Chairman Miller, who will be retiring at the end of this Congress. I have…

Mr. Chairman, as this body works to find ways to ensure that the VA is meeting the needs of the veteran community, we must ensure that we do not rob them of critical tools which have already helped the VA to address its claims backlog…

Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney), I offer amendment No. 15. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 54, after line 2…

Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague, Representative Ben Ray Lujan from New Mexico, for yielding. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to ensure our veterans are fully taken care of.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment, which would allow the VA flexibility in providing equipment to help injured veterans recover through adaptive recreation. Specifically, it allows the Secretary of the VA to furnish…

Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, though I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I think we need some cooler heads to prevail, and I think we need some logic to prevail.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today disappointed by the lack of leadership on display in this House. Gun violence is a terror in many of our communities, and we must stop it. In 2016, we have had more than 10,000 preventable gun deaths in America…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to call on Congress to rule out an end-of-the-year lameduck end-run vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. No other time in the Congress is less accountable to the people who entrust us to represent their…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if…

Mr. Speaker, I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Kildee moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5226 to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. This bill is yet another Republican attempt to…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1076, the bipartisan no fly, no buy legislation, to honor the memory of Alex Freeman, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the House floor. The SPEAKER pro…

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