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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the distinguished chairwoman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar), an outstanding member of the Appropriations Committee.
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett).
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Without action, the government will shut down in the next 2 weeks, causing undue harm for our economy and hardworking families. This is unacceptable. Our continuing resolution will…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, while the House did its work and passed 12 appropriations bills through committee and 10 off the floor, the Senate appropriations process is far behind. Because of this…
Madam President, yesterday, the Senate failed to advance a motion to proceed to a package of appropriations bills, demonstrating something that Leader McConnell already knew: There are not enough votes in the Senate for the President's…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in leader time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, the appropriations process demands that Republicans and Democrats work together. If one party decides to go it alone, it can wreck the spirit of bipartisanship necessary to responsibly fund the government. Unfortunately…
The Administration's refusal to provide us and the American people answers prompted me a week ago to subpoena our top negotiator.
I mean, I hope that everyone on this panel sees the ridiculousness of this situation.
We learned that the President upended that arrangement and we learned that the peace deal, evidently, is dead.
It is concerning to me the number of the overpayment debt collection cases that I have seen in my district have involved elderly veterans.
There is simply--I mean, I think this case highlights exactly what you said, which is when rules are put in place and they are not followed.
This 94-year-old veteran, who served his country and played by the rules and informed the VA of the passing of his wife, to be hit with this financial burden when he can't--I mean, he can't pay for his life if they are going to take this…
I do not take subpoenas lightly and I would not have issued this one had we not sent three letters.
Members on both sides need the chance to ask questions and offer views.
We all want peace. We all want the fighting in Afghanistan to end.
For months we have been attempting to get some visibility into the ongoing peace negotiations without success.