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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

I come to the floor today in recognition of American Heart Month. For more than 50 years, Congress has recognized February as American Heart Month. During this time, we have seen many advances in reducing congenital heart defects, heart…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. President, I will thank my colleague from Iowa. I hoped to get a chance to speak to him personally about another matter, but I will call him from the floor afterward. We will get in touch. Senator Hatch is here. I don't want to delay…

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Feb 25, 2016

Madam Chair, I thank Mr. Wittman and Mr. Walz for working with our committee to bring this bipartisan bill together to protect hunting and shooting heritages. One of the things that I, as well as many of my colleagues, hear repeatedly from…

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. President, I want to express my deepest sympathies to the Scalia family. Justice Scalia was first and foremost a family man, beloved by his wife, 9 children, and 36 grandchildren. Since 1986 he had served on the highest court in our…

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Beto O'Rourke
@betoorourke· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 2016

Not sure to whom I should address this question, but I am interested in the IDES, or the Integrated Disability Evaluation System, that is supposed to ensure that a wounded or disabled service member is either reintroduced back into Active…

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson), another distinguished member of the House Judiciary Committee.

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Members of the House, I oppose the manager's amendment, something I rarely ever do. While I don't take issue with the changes to the bill that the manager's amendment makes, this amendment fails to address any of the concerns that I raised…

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 229, noes 189, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 89]…

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Beto O'Rourke
@betoorourke· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 2016

I hope that the political will and political collaboration exists or will develop to allow us to do that.

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Beto O'Rourke
@betoorourke· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 2016

If anyone has a specific number, I would love to hear it now. If not, we would just request that as a followup question for the record.

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Janice Schakowsky
@janiceschakowsky· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

I think we ought to be looking ahead to and thinking about if there are threats to our country because of these kinds of new technologies.

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Members of the House, H.R. 3624, the so-called Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act, is not really about fraud. Rather, this measure is just the latest attempt to tilt the civil justice…

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. I thought you might be interested in knowing that 21 different organizations strongly oppose H.R. 3624, the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act, including: the American Association for Justice, the…

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Somehow the gentleman from Virginia has misunderstood what I said or has mischaracterized what I said. This bill makes it too difficult to remand cases back to State courts to the…

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Feb 25, 2016

3D printing makes important contributions to the development of vital cures efforts.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Feb 25, 2016

U.S. manufacturing is recovering slowly from the recent downturn.

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