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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 2016

If all 23 fail, would that be a complete failure?

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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 2016

Hurts competition, hurts the consumer, right?

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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 2016

Twenty-three programs were given money just 2 years ago, and 16 of them have already failed.

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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 2016

Just about everything stated about ObamaCare when it was passed has turned out to be false.

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Jim Jordan
@jimjordan· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 2016

This law has been a complete failure. And the American people know it.

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Tom Emmer
@tomemmer· Republican · MN· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate an incredible company and true Minnesota original, Hormel Foods, which is celebrating 125 years of success. Ever since George Hormel founded what is known today as the Hormel Foods Corporation in…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, add the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to speak about this important amendment to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This amendment protects private property in southeast Colorado by…

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Robin Kelly
@robinkelly· Democratic · IL· Jul 12, 2016

I'd like to thank Chairman Hurd and Chairman DeSantis for calling this hearing so that the committee and the American people can get a better understanding of when a cyber attack should be considered an act of war and how the United States…

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Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. You know, there are real discussions that we are having here, and I understand the passion and the forthrightness with what has been delivered just now in the asking of this motion to…

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Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 9 minutes a.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until today, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour…

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tragedy of Violence

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. President, I stand here as one of the two Senators from the largest State in the Union to recognize that there is a hole in the heart of America today as we cope with the tragedy of violence on all sides. I am working on comprehensive…

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Jackie Walorski
@jackiewalorski· Republican · IN· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to take a stand against bureaucracy run amok. Every day I hear from hardworking Hoosiers, small-business owners, and family farmers buried under red tape. They feel like their government is actively working…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jul 12, 2016

Yes, sir. And I know that mosquitoes are all over Florida, but now this one strain of mosquito, the aegypti, for dinner feeds not on one human but on four. If the mosquito has the Zika virus, each of those four would then be infected with…

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, now here we are in the same old political games. With a much needed bill, MILCON- VA--a very good bill--attaching a Zika bill that is loaded down with poison pills, that takes away family…

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