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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 63, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $104,235,000) (increased by $104,235,000)''…
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. 57 Offered by Mr. Perry The Acting CHAIR. It is…
I urge defeat of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes…
I would like the clarify that I am not the least bit interested in getting into the merits of this project. It is none of my business, none of our business, so that is not the point. I haven't said a word about the merits of the project. I…
I commend my colleague for offering this amendment, and I strongly support it. Like many Members, I have seen the difference that NeighborWorks makes in my own district: making available hundreds of affordable apartments, often for…
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 North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Brooks of Alabama The…
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 1184, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $474,054,999)''. Page 1190, line 19…
If the gentleman will continue to yield, as we consider the great plight in Texas of Hurricane Harvey, I also want to offer my sincere thanks for the outpouring of support that my State continues to receive, that they need after the…
Earlier today the House passed a critical $8 billion disaster relief package that is intended to fund the immediate needs for Federal disaster relief. Similar to Hurricane Harvey, a year ago, eastern North Carolina was devastated by…
I cannot imagine any reasonable Member in Congress seriously considering cutting the State Department budget.
The buck stops somewhere. Who does it stop with?
We have got a crisis on our hands, and we have got to figure a different way of dealing with this.
Mr. Chairman, I thank you for actually conducting the hearing and obviously taking the leadership role here.
I would love to buy into FEHBP as a Member of Congress again, wholeheartedly.
They just didn't want to give away a debt ceiling increase without getting something in return.
I am so convinced of that. We have the freedom to create all these wonderful businesses and industries that have come about.
If it had, we'd be carrying bat phones around with us now, and we wouldn't have the technical innovations that have occurred.
Tar Heel Governor Roy Cooper taking emergency measures today to ensure the ample supplies and try to prevent price gouging.