There is absolutely no justification, in any way, shape, or form, for excluding Puerto Rico from Chapter 9.

I want to compliment and applaud Chairman Duffy. He is the only Republican, that I am aware of, who has tried to confront this problem and come forward with constructive solutions.

We faced a similar crisis with the auto industry in our country, out in Michigan.

the work that we do in those areas where terrorism is likely to incubate, maybe just starting to incubate or moving out and metastasizing.

the most effective things we can do in those areas before things incubate, before they metastasize is to look at what we can do as a country with our resources to intervene.

Shame on us, too, for not just yanking the funding from that agency until they get their act together.

This is simply outrageous. The inspector general has praised her efforts, and even some of her critics in Congress have praised her leadership.

I believe that these recent political attacks against Ms. Seymour are both unfair and inaccurate.

We must not only reach common ground, we must reach higher ground.

certain Republicans in the Senate are holding up the nomination of a great public servant, Beth Cobert as OPM Director, for political reasons.

I commend both Congressman Lieu and Russell for their work on this issue

I would appreciate that.

I do appreciate the collaborative interagency approach you all are taking with regard to this proposal.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding time. This is my eighth year in service on the House Budget Committee. For the last 7 years, every year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has come to the House Budget…

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Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the life of my constituent Ray West, who passed away last week at the age of 89. Ray was a U.S. Navy veteran who served during World War II. He went on to have a successful career in the film industry…

I think this has become the new discussion over the years... where are we at in 21st century privacy?

I think 300 Members also have a pretty good idea that something is not right too.