Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 1367. I thank my friend and colleague, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, for introducing this bill to make important reforms to the VA's hiring and retention systems. My…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the need for bipartisan and comprehensive immigration reform. I am disappointed by President Trump's actions on immigration during his first 2 months in office. I do not say that lightly, because I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition of the so-called Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. I agree with the chairman of the full committee that we don't want to take away Second Amendment rights from our veterans. In fact, our…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and thank her for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this piece of legislation. This bill undermines our commitment to our veterans, it weakens our background check…

Absolutely confident there was nothing in this DOJ report to Congress that would confirm what President Trump has been saying.

The president's statements before and his tweets since leading right up to today have no basis in fact.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1181. The epidemic--actually, rather the tragedy--of veterans' suicide has affected families across the country, including my own. I recall walking home after school at the age of 10 or 11 in the…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman, Sergeant Major Walz from the State of Minnesota, for yielding me time. I also would like to say to the chairman, we had a wonderful time traveling to Afghanistan to pay respect to our troops during…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule. In its current form, H.R. 1181 would endanger veterans in crisis and serve as another obstacle to addressing the crisis of…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 1 through 9 and insert the following: SECTION 1. SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL OF…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, my amendment in the nature of a substitute would strike the text of H.R. 1259 and insert a new provision allowing the Secretary to suspend, without pay, any VA employee…

Mr. Chair, I continue to oppose the underlying bill and support my amendment. I would assert that my amendment would apply to many of the employees in the scandals who were cited by our esteemed chairman. I want to remind the body that…

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 237, noes 178, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 168]…

Mr. Speaker, the American Health Care Act, known as TrumpCare, will cause 24 million more people to go without health insurance over the next decade. As an emergency physician, I know that everyone, even healthy young people, are…

I would like to ask the Chairman unanimous consent to enter a release from the USCIS announcing this temporary suspension into the record.

I am grateful for the judiciary system; it is a checks and balance system that we have in this country that is meant to provide the oversight when you have a President who is doing whatever he wants to do, regardless of the law.

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