Steven Holt

I thank the gentleman very much. This, as we have heard, is a package of bills dealing with lands, and it is as partisan as can be. I wish that we were working in a bipartisan way. We could have a real lands package that would go…

My amendment seeks to address a problem we face here in the legislative branch: the congressional supply of pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence is exhausted. My amendment reduces and then reinserts…

As I said in my remarks, the problem is not money; the problem is authorization. That can be accomplished by this joint resolution from the Joint Committee on Printing to the Government Printing Office, or it could be resolved through the…

I thank the chair of this subcommittee and the ranking member for the work they've put into this. I rise with an amendment that is designed to ensure that our rail and transit systems have the additional resources, or at least some of the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 6, line 8, after the first dollar…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Office of the…

Today the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, and so I come to the floor to speak for increased resources to prevent flood damage, as they have devastated our communities in New Jersey and around the eastern United States. In…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. Page 7, line 4, after the dollar amount…

I thank my friend. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this rule which covers, in part, the Intelligence authorization debate. I want to address not what the bill contains, but what it does not. It does not contain any prohibition on the…

Our Nation just marked another Memorial Day at war and another year in which the epidemic of suicides of our country's servicemembers and veterans continues. In April of this year, The New York Times' columnist Nick Kristof noted that for…

I want to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for accepting this amendment. When the long-running problems at the Dover Port Mortuary were revealed to the public last year, all of us were appalled and ashamed at how the remains…

I thank the gentleman. Let me give one example of how important this legislation is and how this bill before us would eliminate important provisions to protect women from abuse. Several years ago, a teenage girl from Trenton came to my…