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Dana Rohrabacher
@danarohrabacher· Republican · CA· Jul 12, 2016

These kind of steps have taken Turkey further away from the shared values at the heart of our American-Turkish alliance.

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Dana Rohrabacher
@danarohrabacher· Republican · CA· Jul 12, 2016

I will be submitting a Sense of the House resolution expressing concern about the direction of various societal trends and governmental trends in Turkey.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 12, 2016

I just think it's inconsistent for you to suggest that there is not--that the profitability ratios are so low that it's unattractive to file an application at the same time you say that there are record profits.

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Jason Chaffetz
@jasonchaffetz· Republican · UT· Jul 12, 2016

Madam Chair, Federal land management agencies are biting off more than they can chew. Not only are these agencies tasked with managing one-third of the entire landmass in the United States of America, but they are also asked to provide law…

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John Mica
@johnmica· Republican · FL· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding and appreciate his tireless leadership in leading this appropriation subcommittee's work and ensuring our Nation's lands and parks are funded and protected. I rise today, Mr. Chairman, under…

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Chair, I want to thank the gentleman from Tarrant County and Denton County for offering this amendment. I am a cosponsor. It is unconscionable that we are using a provision in Federal law that was first passed during World War II to…

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Does the gentleman understand that we are talking about people at EPA? We are not talking about public health in the HHS. We are talking about EPA.

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, first, I think we should all recognize that this is a moment of tragedy in our great country. Our President and former President, as we speak here on the House floor, are in Dallas, Texas, at a memorial service for the…

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, we have a Member from the other body who actually was one of our stars, Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona. So we appreciate him coming over. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue. There was no…

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Jul 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Michael F. Doyle). He and I serve on the same committee, and both of our staffs have worked well together on this game. Mr. Speaker, in 2013, the Republicans were…

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

We're going to Mars, and we're going with human beings, and it's going to be in the decade of the 2030s.

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

All of this goes back to when my colleague from Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison and I had the opportunity of bringing in for a landing, the new direction of NASA in the 2010 NASA Authorization.

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

I will predict that shortly, in the next few years, if not immediately, you will see an extension even on out to the end of the decade.

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

we certainly ought to expand the authorization of the Space Station.

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

Change can be good, but let me state unequivocally that it's the position of the Coalition that major disruptions stemming from abrupt shifts in space policy risk derailing all of the progress that's been made and jeopardize our future as…

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

In 2021, NASA will return American astronauts to deep space.

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

So we're going to Mars, and the rockets and the engines and the spacecraft that are the building blocks of that mission are now being assembled and getting ready to test.

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