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2 weeks ago the New York Times published an article on the congressional Democrats' plan for the rest of the year. It boiled down to one thing: Campaigning. That is right; 8 months out from the election, Democrats in Congress have given up…
I hope that both of you will work to sort of change the partisan atmospherics at the Commission.
Drug and migrant interdiction are interrelated missions that have a direct impact on our national security.
You're dealing like everybody is with some serious budget realities that require the Federal Government to do more with less.
We need to be honest about our expectations of the Coast Guard if we continue to underfund it year, after year, after year.
The concerns that have been brought to light by the GAO in its recent study are very troubling.
I think all Americans expect the IRS to administer our tax laws in an impartial manner.
I rise to speak to my amendment No. 2959 to the unemployment insurance legislation that is before us. The amendment is called the Good Jobs, Good Wages, and Good Hours Act. Twelve times Congress has voted to extend emergency unemployment…
If we can focus on northeastern South Dakota, and make sure that that district within NRCS is complying with the direction that you have given to them, that would be great.
I believe that law says driving miles, and I hope that that is followed when you look at this list, in trying to become more efficient, and better serving the producers.
I have another problem. And, as far as when it comes to FSA closures in the past, what we have seen in South Dakota is that an FSA office will be listed for closure, where the NRCS office that is right in the same building, located next to…
You know what South Dakota has kind of gone through the last couple of years, with the drought in 2012, the devastating blizzard we had in October of last year, and tens of thousands of cattle that we lost.
I want to thank you for making livestock disaster programs a priority, and getting those implemented.
I come to the floor today to talk about jobs. Once again, this week the Senate is taking up an extension of unemployment benefits, which will be the 13th such extension since 2008. Arguably, of course, we came out of an economic downturn…
Clarification regarding the recent announcement that NTIA intends to relinquish responsibility of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the global multistakeholder community.
I shared the same concerns that Mr. Wittman did as well with the B-1s.