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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 3608 would protect certain funds paid by the State of Minnesota and held by the United States in trust for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians from Federal…

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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3608) to amend the Act of October 19, 1973, concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. The Clerk read the title of the…

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Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am the author of H.R. 5040, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey a 31-acre parcel of land to Idaho County, Idaho, to use for public recreation…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

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

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5040) to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4049, as amended. The…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light is an operational lighthouse located near Ashland, Wisconsin, and is currently owned and managed by the U.S. Coast Guard. In 2007, the Coast Guard…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

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

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4049) to amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, to adjust the boundary of…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Raúl Labrador
@rallabrador· Republican · ID· Nov 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5040. The question was…

Congressional Record · 2014-11-17
Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

We ought to be trying to prevent them from developing missiles but let us remember you can smuggle a nuclear weapon.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

I agree with you that any sanctions relief should come only through an act of Congress and I hope that the Iranians understand that any waivers granted by this President are waivers that do not necessarily apply to any future…

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Henry Waxman
@henrywaxman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

Some members called for quarantines and travel bans that experts had determined would be harmful.

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Henry Waxman
@henrywaxman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

the key to protecting Americans from Ebola is stopping the disease at its source in West Africa.

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Henry Waxman
@henrywaxman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

This is hysterical. Rhetoric certainly induces a great deal of fear.

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Henry Waxman
@henrywaxman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

It has now been 33 days since our last Ebola hearing, and since then, not one case of Ebola has been transmitted in the United States.

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Henry Waxman
@henrywaxman· Democratic · CA· Nov 17, 2014

If we are not able to stop the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the risks are very high that it would spread to other parts of Africa because of travel within Africa.

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