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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4727, the Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protege Program Act of 2019. The Department of Homeland Security has an important mission to…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-09
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 4739 because of the valuable impact it will have on Customs and Border Protection officer safety. The opioid epidemic continues to wreak havoc on…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-09
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection law enforcement officers are the first line of defense in preventing the illicit flow of drugs and contraband from entering our…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-09
Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Dec 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3469, the Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019, sponsored by our late colleague, the greatly admired Elijah…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-09
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 8, 2019

This has been a truly extraordinary and historically unprecedented hearing. It has, frankly, been an outrageous violation of due process.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 8, 2019

Under Resolution 660, we're supposed to follow the Federal rules of evidence. Is that right?

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Dec 8, 2019

What are the rules? What are the objections that we're able to make?

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 8, 2019

Mr. Chairman, I'd like to enter into the record evidence uncovered by the committee from the House Budget and Appropriations Committees that documents OMB placing a hold on the Ukrainian security assistance on July 25.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 8, 2019

I want to talk about how the President did the same thing with almost 400 million taxpayer dollars to pressure Ukraine to do his personal bidding.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 8, 2019

So the President was concerned about the two investigations, and note that was the predicate for releasing military aid to our ally?

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 8, 2019

I'd like then to--let's go back. There was also discussion earlier during the minority questioning that Mr. Sandy from OMB said that the reason for the security assistance hold was related to the President's concerns about burden sharing…

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Dec 8, 2019

Now, my Republican colleagues have suggested that the Ukrainians did not even know about the military aid being withheld. Is that true?

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 6, 2019

Madam Speaker, we are beyond the process arguments because we are into the details now. The facts have been very clear that the President did not abuse power, that the President did not commit impeachable offenses. The Mueller report…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-06
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 6, 2019

Madam Speaker, I would like to ask--I know there are a lot of good-faith negotiations that continue on the United States- Mexico-Canada trade agreement, USMCA. We have been having productive conversations, meetings, some potential changes…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-06
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 6, 2019

Madam Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my colleague and friend.

Congressional Record · 2019-12-06
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Dec 6, 2019

Madam Speaker, I share the gentleman's interest in getting this passed as soon as possible. Clearly, the job benefits to our country, over 160,000 new jobs will come, and better trading relationships with Mexico and Canada when we pass…

Congressional Record · 2019-12-06