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Today I rise in honor of an American hero. On March 16, 2006, Missouri's Second Congressional District lost a brave young soldier when United States Army Sergeant Amanda N. Pinson was killed in a mortar attack while serving during…
I thank the chairman very, very much for his indulgence in these three post office namings. I thank the ranking member, also. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of a brave young man from Missouri's Second Congressional District. On June…
Today I rise to honor a brave American hero, Sergeant Zachary M. Fisher, from my hometown of Ballwin, Missouri. On July 14, 2010, Missouri's Second District lost a brave young man when United States Army Sergeant Zach Fisher was killed by…
Mr. President, the image I am putting up right now beside me is the cover of Time magazine from June 2014, the first issue in June, June 2, 2014. According to the corresponding feature story, the baby on this cover, Emalyn Aubrey Randolph…
Due to extenuating circumstances, I was unable to attend votes for the week of September 14 through September 18, 2015. On passage of H.R. 1214--National Forest Small Tracts Amendments Act of 2015 (rollcall vote No. 495), had I been…
Today I speak in support of H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, to terminate taxpayer support of this deplorable organization. I'd like to thank my good friend, Congresswoman Diane Black for her leadership on this issue…
Mr. President, I am glad to be here and hear the comments from my friend from South Carolina, Senator Scott. It made me glad that I get to sit by him on the Senate floor and hear the reasons--and they are good and they have been repeated…
Mr. President, I join Senator McCain in thanking Senators Isakson and Blumenthal for the package we are putting together and talking about. And I join them in thanking Senator McCain for coming forward and giving reality to this idea that…
I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois The CHAIR. It…
This amendment protects the folks back home. It stops the Obama administration and unelected bureaucrats from issuing major new healthcare regulations, and it improves the role of congressional oversight. I urge the adoption of this…
As I have traveled across the Eighth District of Missouri, one of the largest concerns I hear from my constituents is the uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act. Individuals are concerned about how the relationship with their…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, beginning on line 12, strike ``sections 804(2)(A), 804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C)'' and insert ``clauses (i)…
I thank the gentleman, my friend, Congressman Duffy, for leading this effort and leading this Special Order today. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my continued outrage at, now, two abhorrent videos that have been released in the last…
Mr. President, needless to say, yesterday's announcement about our ongoing stature and status with Iran is, in my view, a dangerous step forward in advancing not only the illicit nuclear program that they have had up until now but the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nuclear Agreement With Iran
On rollcall No. 438, I was unavoidably detained by media. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Yoder). The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced…
I want to associate myself with the words of my colleagues, who just spoke obviously on the need to do this and the need for a long-term transportation bill. I remember Chairman Oberstar working diligently to try to do that in the six…
I just want to thank the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney) for her hard work in helping cosponsor this bill, Ranking Member Waters, as well as the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill) and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr…