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Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to H.R. 3003 because, if this bill passed, it would punish our communities more than it would punish the criminals. As written, this bill would deny critical funding for our police departments. As a former 20-year…
Mr. Speaker, this week, it was confirmed that the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act is not just mean, it can't even be passed by the majority party. The nonpartisan CBO revealed that if that bill did pass, in our Nation, 22 million…
Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 341, No. 342, No. 343 and No. 344 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 3003. I would…
Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 339 and No. 340 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule providing for…
Mr. Speaker, in 1984, before the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong over to China, the Chinese Government promised ``a high degree of autonomy'' for the territory in the Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong: providing for an…
The president's allegations of massive voter fraud are simply not true.
Mr. Speaker, how many of us here have had an aging parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle who could no longer stay in their home alone? Seniors with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other special needs, someone to watch over them at home so…
Mr. Speaker, the Senate version was supposed to be the one, according to the President, with heart. There is no heart in this bill. Sixty percent of my constituents live in Los Angeles County which, in total, has about 5 percent--one…
Mr. Speaker, I want to speak about H.R. 3004, but let me first talk about two of my constituents, Officer Jose Vargas, one of the most decorated police officers in the State of California, and the other, Jose Angel Garibay, a young marine…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of children and adults living with disabilities across the United States. The cuts to Medicaid outlined in the dangerous Senate healthcare repeal bill will not only result in the loss of healthcare…
One reason we would want to go back to the Moon is that that is a potential secondary launch site.
At that point, some point in the future as we start to go further out, especially with human-scale missions, we're going to need to have nuclear power developed.
I'm a simple person. I'm a doctor, not a rocket scientist, but if I'm thinking about this correctly...
I do oppose letting the oil and gas industry call all the shots as to how to manage these lands owned by all Americans.
In no place is it more important to balance multiple uses, environmental protection, as well as economic development, than on America's public lands.
Rules to protect public health? Gone. Rules to protect our land, air, and water, and cut down on pollution? Gone. Rules to protect fish and wildlife? Gone.
The standard seems to be: did the Obama administration put it in place, and did one oil, gas, or coal company complain about it? If so, it is gone.
It has only taken 5 months, and nearly every move on energy that this Administration has made could have come right out of the executive boardrooms of the American Petroleum Institute or the National Mining Association.