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Rick Allen
@rickallen· Republican · GA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about legislation that my colleagues and I recently introduced that works to restore our article I powers of the Constitution. We all learned about separation of powers in our grade school civics class. As…

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Kevin Cramer
@kevincramer· Republican · ND· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a hero, Fargo police officer Jason Moszer. While in the Army National Guard, he was deployed as a combat medic to Bosnia and Iraq. Officer Moszer joined the Fargo Police Department in 2009. In 2012, he…

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Jim Costa
@jimcosta· Democratic · CA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention again to the devastating drought that has impacted California for over 4 years. Much is said about California and the success that we have had post- World War II, but a lot of it is owed to the…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey for leading this Special Order hour on this very important issue. As my colleagues have mentioned, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt next…

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Mike Quigley
@mikequigley· Democratic · IL· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, let me thank Congresswoman Watson Coleman and my pro-choice colleagues for inviting me to participate in this very timely and important conversation. As we await to hear the Supreme Court's oral arguments next week in the case…

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Elise Stefanik
@elisestefanik· Republican · NY· Feb 25, 2016

Thank you, General Allyn, General Anderson, and General Perna, for your testimony today and for your leadership and service to our Nation.

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Elise Stefanik
@elisestefanik· Republican · NY· Feb 25, 2016

I am interested to hear any updates or impacts the fiscal year 2017 budget request has had on decision-making regarding ARI.

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 25, 2016

I thank my good friend from Texas and agree with him that 30 percent is way too high. One is too many, but 30 percent is way--way too high. I yield to my good friend from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 25, 2016

Folks, there you have it. The case has been made. At this point, it is essentially irrefutable. You can't see what the upside is to bringing these people to the United States and closing the facility. Al Qaeda, ISIS, radical Islamists, are…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-25
Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· 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 include extraneous materials on the topic of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Speaker, the safety of Americans, the security of America, should never be jeopardized for any reason, but certainly not simply for the purpose of fulfilling a campaign pledge. The President recently released a plan about closing…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-25
Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 25, 2016

I thank the majority whip for his passion and his remarks. While he talks about the battlefield, we are going to hear from somebody that has been to the battlefield. The other thing about these terrorists that are spending their time in…

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 25, 2016

I think sometimes it seems like the President would like Americans to be more concerned with the rights of terrorists than their own rights. I wonder about and think about all those MPs, all those members of the services that go down and…

Congressional Record · 2016-02-25
Matt Cartwright
@mattcartwright· Democratic · PA· Feb 25, 2016

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I also oppose the underlying bill, which I call the wrongdoers protection act for multistate and multinational corporations, and for that purpose I add this amendment. It is no…

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Matt Cartwright
@mattcartwright· Democratic · PA· Feb 25, 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: Page 5, line 2, strike the close quotation mark and the period which follows. Page 5, after…

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Matt Cartwright
@mattcartwright· Democratic · PA· Feb 25, 2016

Mr. Chairman, to respond to my colleague from Colorado who has just cited two cases where, under existing law and procedure, fraudulent joinder of bad faith insurance claims was claimed and actually succeeded, the proof is right there. The…

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Dave Joyce
@davejoyce· Republican · OH· Feb 25, 2016

I believe Sergeant Major Green brought up the nurses having a problem with credentialing.

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