Steven Holt

I rise to claim time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

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 954, after line 19, insert the following: SEC. 17603. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND LOCKBOX…

And then in other States--who cares, my friend asks--in other States, they're making it harder to cast absentee ballots. So that's going to exclude people. You know, you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see behind this a purpose…

So I ask the gentlelady, how many other patriotic Americans are going to be deterred from asking their friends, their neighbors--in this case, maybe students--from registering for fear that they'll be prosecuted if they don't dot the I's…

And continuing to answer the gentleman's question: Who cares? Why does it matter? My friend from Florida has talked about how millions can be disenfranchised, excluded by the photo ID laws. Additionally, State after State has made it more…

Is the gentleman seeking to yield time to me? Mr. McHENRY. Will the gentleman withdraw, yes or no?

I would urge my chair to reconsider after he has read this amendment and support us in the passage of this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

It seems whenever important decisions are made by a few people inside a room inside the Beltway, ordinary folks are not only excluded from the room but seem to be excluded from the minds of the people in the room. I'm talking about…

As for the funding, there is an offset from a little-used fund, a trust fund for building revitalization that is unlikely to be spent in the coming year.

In answer to your two questions, the first is, as I said, the fact that this body doesn't know that it lacks OTA is the strongest argument of how badly we need it.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 211. There is appropriated, for…

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. Amendment No. 68 Offered by Mr. Royce