
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 Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mrs. Lummis The Acting CHAIR. It is…
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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 Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mrs. Lummis The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I just want to reiterate again, this bill has already severely cut the EPA's main operating account by $92 million. Already tonight, amendments have cut it another $29 million. This agency is fundamental. The protection that they do is…

I thank my colleague from Rhode Island for once again describing what is a very important policy. I have to disagree with my colleague from Alabama (Mr. Byrne). I do not think that this is Federal top-down. In fact, I think this is better…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maine is recognized for 5 minutes.

Would you please give me a sense of how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maine has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I disagree with my colleague. I think that the National Ocean Policy is a vital tool that we have to help ensure that our coastal communities and their stakeholders work together and coordinate their ideas and make plans to achieve local…

I do not want to go home to Maine after a disastrous attack somewhere in the United States on our critical infrastructure and explain that we did not try some various options.

Speaking for myself, not the other co-sponsors but speaking for myself, I truly believe that the next significant event, and when I talk about a significant event, I mean a really significant event, will not be a kinetic event, but will…

As Senator Manchin mentioned, we are asymmetrically wired, so we are asymmetrically vulnerable.

I hope this legislation will be helpful to you in focusing on this particular aspect.

Well as I understand the history of the Ukraine hack, one of the first things they did was change all the passwords so the operators couldn't get back into their own systems, and then they put malware in.

2 weeks ago I joined with many of my colleagues here on the House floor to demand a debate on commonsense gun legislation to increase background checks and keep terrorists from buying guns. Despite the fact that the microphones and C-SPAN…

Last week, a few days after my colleagues and I sat down right here in the House to demand action on legislation to reduce gun violence, I went home to Maine. I heard from so many of my constituents who asked: Is something finally going to…

The amendment that I was planning to offer tonight is related to the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rule 30e-3. If this rule, Mr. Chairman, is finalized in its current form, Wall Street mutual fund companies could take away…

Over 90 percent of the comments submitted to the SEC on this issue conclude that investors do, in fact, want to retain their paper financial reports. Mr. Chairman, I ask Chairman Crenshaw today, please, for his support to ensure that a…

I'm just afraid the refugee crisis we're seeing now is a precursor to a much more serious one caused by those regions essentially becoming uninhabitable.

the best description of Russian foreign policy I ever heard was that they were like a hotel thief who goes down the hall, trying every door until they find one that's open, and then they go in.

before I speak, I also extend my appreciation to the Senator from Delaware. I rise today with my friend and colleague from Minnesota, Senator Klobuchar, to briefly talk about the bill that we have introduced, the Alzheimer's Caregiver…