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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

I guess you want to know how I lost my legs. I was trying to, you know, bring a helicopter down and couldn't figure out why my feet didn't work.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

Well, I am going to get my prosthetics and I am going right back. I am going right back.

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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chair, I inquire how much time the minority side has remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Walker). The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his perspectives on this and for the good conversation we have had in trying to find common ground to make sure that we are, indeed, supporting the great outdoors and the sportsmen and…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, before the House today is the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2016, better known as the SHARE Act. It is a package of commonsense bills that will…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his leadership as vice chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus. We have heard a lot of, I think, good efforts today in wanting…

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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Feb 25, 2016

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, in closing, I would like to thank the co-chairs of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, Mr. Wittman and Mr. Walz, for putting this together. I clearly resist the idea that our opposition…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

So it really starts to show the openings in the fabric, so to speak, when you have to do those things.

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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I rise to oppose H.R. 2406, with great respect for my friend, the gentleman from Virginia. I respect very much what Representative Wittman and others are trying to do…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

I want to make sure we are not too fast and loose with numbers.

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Hill) having assumed the chair, Mr. Walker, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his work on behalf of American sportsmen. Madam Chair, three overarching goals should…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on H.R. 2406, the SHARE Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Denham). Is there…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

that $500 million would go a long way toward helping increase the sustainment, restoration, and modernization divot that is currently programmed into our budget.

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Feb 25, 2016

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like respond just briefly to the gentleman's remarks concerning ivory. If you look at the current state of regulatory efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for those…

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