
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), my very good friend and my fellow member of the Committee on Appropriations and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and…
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Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), my very good friend and my fellow member of the Committee on Appropriations and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Before I go to my next speaker, I want to take a moment to respond to my friends. Mr. Speaker, I actually came here to debate the appropriations bill, which is a great bipartisan…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for consideration of two very important measures. First, the resolution provides for consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of…

I want to thank my colleague across the aisle, Gene Green, for working with me on this issue.

I mean, legislation doesn't fix that. I was hoping that there would be something that we could point to that we could work together.

I just can't see that. I can't see where it would take 3 years.

Three years, though, at some point, they are not interested in doing their job.

Mr. Speaker, I was at the White House for a signing ceremony. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 236. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman, my good friend, for yielding me the time and for those incredibly gracious and generous remarks. Mr. Speaker, I certainly rise to support the rule and the underlying legislation. By the very nature of…

Mr. President, there is a lot of conversation about all that is moving this week in the Senate and the House and the executive branch. There is a lot of conversation about 100 days. It is somewhat of a look back, and it is reasonable for…

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 225. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the…

I look forward to continuing to work with Congress, and I look forward to continuing to work with the Executive Branch.

There are tens of billions of additional dollars that are still on the table that could be implemented.

What you have done in the duplication work is phenomenal.

Every taxpayer should be able to pull this information.

I would encourage Congress to encourage CMS to act more quickly.