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One of the side spin-offs, when it is successful and Ramadi is taken back, is that ISIS will then look for a quick PR claim somewhere else.

That is the only way to get the humanitarian situation turned around either in Iraq or in Syria.

The Sunni tribal leaders--they have a tremendous value for the relationship they have established over the years with the United States, established in blood and treasure.

When you are hungry, your stomach does not tell you want Iraqi food or United States food. You just want help.

We have stood with you. We have faith with you, but we have people who are now eating grass in our town.

Thank you for taking the time to go visit them this Fourth of July weekend.

As Governor Pence said when he signed our Naloxone Bill, bills like this are about saving lives.

The goal, frankly, should be to get the kids off these programs. Our success should not be measured by how many are on these programs.

I agree with the fact that we need to have this oversight in this committee. What I don't agree with is how we go about it, so uneven and heavy-handed.

The desire to improve the efficiency in our child nutrition programs is a good one, but must not lead to more hungry or food insecure children.

When we aren't able to give our children the nutrition they need, we fail them.

I oppose this amendment. Everything that has happened since last year's debate should force us to be more careful with detainee decisions, not less careful. The rise of ISIL, the alarming release of the Taliban Five, and the war in Yemen…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Indiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington The Acting…

And for everyone, this is what is driving our debt. These pieces of the pie. They are all attached together, whether it is Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, or the interest we owe ourselves and others for the amount of money we are…

I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Doyle, from Pennsylvania. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 37, after line 16, insert the following new clause: (v) A review of the current procedures pertaining…

We as a Congress, and we as a Federal Government, ought to be doing everything possible to encourage this industry for moral reasons alone, but for also a number of economic reasons.

The tragedy of what has happened here is that, while there is as much bipartisan support for this legislation as any other piece of legislation in the last 5 years within the Congress, we are unable to get to the finish line.