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A report last month revealed that Iran was able to purchase Boeings even before sanctions were lifted thanks to backdoor deals with foreign airlines.

Why are we betting the farm that on the day after that deal all of a sudden Iran and the regime are going to turn to the side of good--

I missed rollcall votes 334 to 336. Had I been present, I would have cast the following votes: Roll call 334, on H.R. 5525, vote ``nay.'' Rollcall 335, on H.R. 5388, vote ``yea.'' Rollcall 336, on H.R. 5389, vote ``yea.'' personal…

Congress previously imposed a moratorium to prevent the FAA from issuing more robust regulations on the operational safety of commercial spaceflight until 2023.

They are wrong situations, is what they are.

So how do we make America work for them?

The decline in manufacturing employment is one of the factors that has led to a shrinking middle class.

That is just a cold-blooded decision that Americans do not count as much as their profits.

That is devastating. That is the future of America.

It seems like gaming the system to want to make your product somewhere else in the hope that you can sell them back to here, to the United States.

I, again, think that the gentleman overreaches. It is micromanaging, and I am opposed to his amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I simply join the chairman in opposition. I respect the gentleman from Colorado very much, as well as the gentlewoman from California, but the committee has spent the last half year trying to make very discrete decisions on spending. I…

I thank the chairman for yielding, and join the chairman in opposition to the amendment that has been offered. There is no question that there were significant fundamental problems with the first iteration of this program. This is a…

I appreciate the gentleman offering his amendment. I believe it is a very good one, and I rise in support of it.

I thank the gentleman. I do appreciate the sentiments of the gentleman who offered the amendment. As I said earlier in our debate this evening, it is very hard at times to measure progress in Afghanistan, but I would agree with the…

I would associate myself with the chairman's remarks at this point in time. I do appreciate the gentleman's passion, his search for justice in this world, but I also do believe that the amendment is overly broad. The chairman of the…

I suggest to my colleague we should be discerning and to recognize, again, under the executive order, that things like specialized firearms and ammunition, riot equipment, explosives, and pyrotechnics still can be transferred. I yield back…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Newhouse). The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 minutes.