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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Oct 29, 2019

I would just ask that you commit to briefing us again on that particular issue.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Oct 29, 2019

It is just amazing to me that no one in a particular field office in a whole year had any substantial ties to the community that they were not determined to be not a risk factor and released pending their hearing.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Oct 29, 2019

it is imperative that you come to meet with the 49 Members of the CBC to address our concerns.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, as we approach Veterans Day, I rise to bring awareness again to the alarming rate of veteran suicide. This country owes all of our veterans and armed services personnel a limitless debt of gratitude for their sacrifices, so…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-28
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

I represent part of the coast of Louisiana, and one of the top commercial and recreational fishing destinations and producers in the United States.

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Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there are two sorts of Members: There are Members who have experienced and been through the devastation of disaster and the constituents they…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-28
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is how legislation is supposed to work. I want to thank my friend from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber) and I want to thank Congressman DeSaulnier from California for…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-28
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, just in closing, once again, I want to thank the bipartisan work on this legislation from Mr. Stauber and Mr. DeSaulnier. I want to thank the full committee Ranking Member Sam Graves and Mr. DeFazio, the chairman, for all…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-28
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

Mr. Speaker, listening to this debate, it is not hard to understand why things in this body don't ever get done. Here is the deal. There are a lot of truths that are being spoken here. We do have a debt that is completely out of control…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-28
Garret Graves
@garretgraves· Republican · LA· Oct 28, 2019

I very much appreciate all of your efforts to remove plastic from the waste stream, a goal that I very much share.

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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Who can call the witnesses? Just your side. You think it is fair that only you can call the witnesses, and then you want to get the truth? Are you going to get the facts when you shut out the other side? When you don't let the President…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I would imagine the gentleman would also agree that the chairman of the Intelligence Committee should also not be above the law. He should not be able to write his own rules of impeachment, his own rules of engagement, in…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. As this determination moves forward, there is a growing cry for fairness. And I know we talked a little bit about that last week, but we saw it again this week with more closed hearings, more hearings…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I, again, ask the question I had asked last week: Are we currently in an impeachment inquiry, as the Speaker said we are a few weeks ago?

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his response. I would like the gentleman to walk through, if he could, the scheduling process for how the House will further proceed with the impeachment inquiry.

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for next week. I would be happy to yield to my friend, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader of the House.

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Oct 23, 2019

Mr. Speaker, here is another headline: ``Democrats Writing More Subpoenas Than Laws.'' That is a headline. That is what angers people who want to see their prescription drug prices lowered, but they can't because of this infatuation with…

Congressional Record · 2019-10-23