I thank my friend and colleague from New Jersey. Let's understand, the issue here is not about recess appointments or the Board quorum at a Federal agency or the Constitution. My Republican friends never raised this issue in hundreds of…

In closing, I thank my good friend from Virginia, and would reiterate what he has said. In fact, the original legislation, which we are reauthorizing and extending through this bill, grew out of Virginia. It was because of the critical…

With that, I will repeat my advice to my colleagues that we support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1710

H.R. 254, introduced by my friend Mr. Chaffetz of Utah, would allow for the production of hydropower at existing facilities by deferring the debt associated with hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System, as you have heard. This…

I would like to add to his economic numbers the fiscal fact that this does not appropriate any funds. We are just reauthorizing existing legislation and extending it. I thank the gentleman.

I thank the ranking member, my friend from California, and I rise in opposition to the SKILLS Act. Workforce investment has an important role in Congress, and it could and should be done in a bipartisan way. The government has a role to…

I thank my friend from Colorado, and I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill of the so-called SKILLS Act. Fifteen years ago, before I was in Congress, I watched with great interest as Congress, House and Senate, Democrat…

I am pleased to be support this very good bill. I only wish it had been allowed on the House floor a year ago for a vote. For the first time in years, the Congress is poised to pass a VAWA reauthorization that is worthy of the name…

All of us condemn this reckless, provocative nuclear test by North Korea. North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear capability is destabilizing and not in the interest of the people of that nation, who suffer daily under one of the worst…

40 years ago today the Supreme Court affirmed the dignity and independence of each American woman. The result of the decision was an understanding that our Constitution guaranteed decisions about a woman's own body should be left up to…

This misguided amendment by the gentleman from Georgia would strike funding for the National Weather Service's ground readiness program. Now, the ground readiness program means that weather satellite signals can be collected on the ground…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey, Chairman Frelinghuysen, for yielding but also for putting together a very thoughtful amendment. A lot of thought has gone into this amendment. It is compassionate, yes, but it is thoughtful compassion…