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Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the ranking member and express my appreciation to the chairman for his support of the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the…
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: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. __. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND…
Mr. Chairman, first, let me applaud the chairman's efforts and dedication to moving this reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act. Continued investment in water infrastructure projects is critical to my constituents and…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee for yielding. And I thank her for her great work being involved in the appropriations process, which I shared with her for many years, but a place where so many of our…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of S. 3283, a bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the PFC James Dunn VA…
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague from Virginia, the ranking member, Mr. Scott, for his leadership on this issue. I am here to express my strong opposition to H.R. 6094. Prior to the Department of Labor taking action this year…
Finally, I want to raise objection to the way that this legislation is being considered. H.R. 6094 was brought to the floor as an emergency measure, bypassing regular order. Mr. Speaker, an emergency is the epidemic of gun violence that…
Mr. Speaker, I simply just want to say that I urge my colleagues to support passage of this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The American people need an assurance that this cross-selling mania that has afflicted Wells Fargo is not to be found at the other big banks.
Mr. President, I wish to thank my leader very much. Yesterday, Senator Inhofe and I were on the floor and I stated that if I felt there was an ironclad commitment to take care of the Flint, MI, problem and the lead in water across this…
I agree with my colleague. If we can get an ironclad commitment to fix the Flint issue in WRDA and not just a vague conversation that somebody had--that Nancy Pelosi had with Paul Ryan, but I have to look at the public statements. The…
Mr. President, through the Chair, I would just like 1 minute to respond. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
Mr. President, I trust my colleague totally. My chairman--I trust him totally but as far as the House is concerned, no. Trust but verify. My friend says we have the wrong-headed strategy on objecting to the CR. He has the right to his…
Mr. President, I want to associate myself with those remarks that were made. It is a tragedy to lose such a fighter, talent, and hero like that. Speaking of heroism, we need a little bit of it on the floor here. We need to have a…
I thank the Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California is recognized.
Mr. Speaker, due to a conflict, I unavoidably missed the following votes on September 26 and 27. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: On rollcall No. 557, I would have voted ``nay'' (September 26) (On Motion to Suspend the…
However, North Korea's escalating nuclear and ballistic missile tests demonstrate that we need to do much more.