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Andy Harris
@andyharris· Republican · MD· Feb 24, 2016

We actually have a plan to fund projected problems into the future.

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Andy Harris
@andyharris· Republican · MD· Feb 24, 2016

So, actually, we are sitting on a $541,000,000,000 deficit, and we are--the administration comes in and says this is emergency funding.

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Andy Harris
@andyharris· Republican · MD· Feb 24, 2016

This is why we look at the presidential race, and we wonder. We scratch our heads like, 'Why is it going the way it is?'

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Feb 24, 2016

In the meantime, while we fiddle by holding yet another hearing, Rome--which in this case is Puerto Rico--continues to burn.

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Raúl Grijalva
@ralgrijalva· Democratic · AZ· Feb 24, 2016

While these hearings are instructive, if we are going to meet the Speaker's deadline, we should have long since begun discussions on a bipartisan legislative solution to the crisis.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, and Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley), who is the chief sponsor of the House version of this bill. Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 238, the Eric Williams Correctional Officer…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. Very simply, a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Eric's parents. They came to the House Judiciary Committee on the day that we marked up our…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Today I rise in support of S. 238, the Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015. Eric Williams was born on August 24, 1978, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was the…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 238) to amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to officers and employees of the Bureau of…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Our goal is that when we choose a country to conclude such an agreement with, we would want to ensure that country has adequate substantive and procedural base lines to ensure that the orders that they are submitting and serving on our…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

One of the primary benefits in an agreement of this nature would be to have reciprocal benefits for the United States in lifting any conflicts of law that might be present in the other country from where we request data.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino), a member of the Judiciary Committee and a subcommittee chairman who has been an advocate on this issue and whose district was directly impacted by the murder…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on S. 238, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

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