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It broke my heart that, in order to get even a small bump... we had to reduce the bill from a 6-year bill to a 5-year bill.
I applaud what this committee has done, very bipartisan committee.
These orders appear to clearly violate the whistleblower laws.
I note that there have been disturbing signs of the Trump administration trying to silence dissent among employees of the Federal Government.
100,000 D.C. residents would lose their insurance if the Affordable Healthcare Act were repealed, and the estimated cost to D.C. would be $1.1 billion.
This bill, of course, is annual, and it is less inclined to become law than to be part of the annual upcoming march. We do not intend, Madam Speaker, to let our colleagues get away with not supporting democracy, including the right of…
The intelligence chiefs said they were going to tell President-elect Trump about it.
The president went out with an inaccurate presentation of the facts which was then contradicted in public by two people in the room, the director of national intelligence and the vice president.
However, part of our obligation is ensure the policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matter that might affect national security.
I think, as we said in our October statement, this came from the highest levels of the government.
The Russians just believed or came to the conclusion that, because the President-elect is a businessman, that he would be easier to make deals with than the Democrats.
Absolutely not. The President asked us to compile all available information that we had, and when he was briefed on it he made the point once again that he was not--had not and was not going to give us any direction.
That's correct. It's just as technology has progressed the Russians have taken advantage of it for this purpose.
This is a multi-faceted activity. It began with a rather broad-gauged assault
I certainly agree the Congress, no pun intended, gets a vote here I think.