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Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 25, 2019

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Wenstrup) for yielding. As we are talking about this resolution, and as my colleagues from Ohio and from California earlier talked about, as we speak, the White House is actually…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-25
Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Sep 25, 2019

I think that something this complex and something this drastic, we really do need a belt-and-suspenders-type approach to it.

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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Sep 25, 2019

I think interoperability is important and we went through that after Hurricane Katrina where we lost 1,500 people that we could not talk to each other.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 23, 2019

Mr. President, I rise today with a heavy heart to honor the life of Mandeville police officer Captain Vincent ``Vinnie'' Liberto, Jr., who was killed in the line of duty last week. Captain Liberto will be remembered for his life of service…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-23
Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 23, 2019

the bill we will be discussing today, H.R. 4, would prevent States from enforcing their neutral voting rights laws.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 23, 2019

And the amendment to that language would be a pretty simple statute, wouldn't it? It would just be a couple of lines, right?

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 23, 2019

disparate impacts are not proof of discrimination.

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Mike Johnson
@mikejohnson· Republican · LA· Sep 23, 2019

discriminatory treatment in voting based on race or sex is abhorrent.

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Clay Higgins
@clayhiggins· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 539, I mistakenly voted ``no'' when I intended to vote ``yes.'' The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Butterfield). The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I hope the gentleman is not going to try to use the VA as the standard of care that every American should get. We saw the scandals at the VA, veterans dying waiting to get care. We actually passed legislation this Congress…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I know we will have more debates next week over the limited number of items coming to the floor. Hopefully, some of these other items can get addressed in a bipartisan way, but I know there are other battles ahead, and we will…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Well, clearly, as the gentleman talks about the Grassley bill that is moving through the Senate, let them do their work. Let them find a way to come together with their 60-vote rule and produce a bipartisan bill. I encourage them to do…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker, there are a number of items to address there. First, clearly, there is kind of a recoil that seems to happen by Mr. Hoyer and a number of others on the other side when the term ``socialism'' is used to identify the policies…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

First of all, I haven't seen the ad the gentleman is referring to. But if he wants to start going through ads and he wants me to send him some ads where people on his side lie about positions that Members on our side have taken, I will be…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I would just encourage those talks to move as quickly as they can, because as we share the interest of making sure that not only do we have better agreements, which this USMCA deal that was negotiated with Mexico and Canada…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

Mr. Speaker, our hearts will be with him during that ceremony and service, and we will all be there for him to lean on us during these next months. At times it is going to be difficult, but we appreciate the fact that he is going to…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20
Steve Scalise
@stevescalise· Republican · LA· Sep 20, 2019

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

Congressional Record · 2019-09-20