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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of provisions contained in H.R. 3962, which will temporarily fix the Sustainable Growth Rate--or SGR--formula. This legislation will undo the twenty-one percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to…
Madam President, I want to show the Senate Pensacola Beach yesterday. It has hit us full force. That white is the natural sugary sand of the northwest Florida beaches. You can see as far as the eye can see down to the beach. It is covered…
Mr. Speaker, I proudly yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the esteemed minority whip.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Franks), the chairman of the National Security Working Group of the Republican Study Committee.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, it may surprise some to learn that the penalties in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 have never been imposed on a single individual or a company. Only once has a company even…
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas, Judge Poe, a member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), an esteemed member of the Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry), a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Garrett), the ranking member on the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, as well as a House…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California, Mr. Ed Royce, the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, and a House conferee on this measure.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, as well as a House conferee on this important measure.
Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence), the chairman of the House Republican Conference, a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a House conferee on this measure.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Throughout history, there have been many examples of states that were openly targeted by rising enemies but which failed to take effective action to prevent a potential threat from…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran), a member of the Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, and Transportation Committees.
Madam Speaker, this week, I introduced the Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010. This Deepwater spill is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. My bill would prevent future disasters from happening. Number one, we want to reform the…
No. And saying something like that, what, are you going to reduce it from 10 days lost to seven days? You're still going to have 420,000 barrels have gushed unobstructed into the Gulf.
The Incident Command has known that they have Navy skimmers in ports, over 40 around the country. But only six have been requested.
Well, the greatest nightmare, with this storm approaching, is that it takes this oil on the surface of the Gulf and blows it over the barrier islands into the bays and the estuaries.