Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring awareness to our Nation's abandoned mine lands. Our abandoned mine lands desperately need to be reclaimed to prevent harm to our communities and to our environment. When these sites are cleaned up and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize July 20 as Pennsylvania Day. Since the inception of our Nation, Pennsylvania has played a transformative role in United States history. In our foundational years, Pennsylvania was the site of many…

These have been great for the families that we are serving mainly because these are items that with limited incomes most people aren't able to purchase due to getting other basic foods that they need.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Perlmutter for yielding me the time. I am proud to rise in support of this rule and the underlying legislation. I believe that each of the underlying bills that we consider in this rule will benefit not only people…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Several weeks ago, we learned that the President was considering, and the Secretary of Defense was preparing for, the possibility of deploying Active-Duty Forces under the authorities…

Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. REQUIREMENTS IN…

Mr. Speaker, I would inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania has 3 minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, it is clear that we need to take action on the appropriate deployment of unmarked and unidentified law enforcement personnel. While this amendment is narrowly scoped to focus on a specific scenario, the invocation of the…

Mr. Speaker, I would inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 1 minute remaining.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for your leadership, especially on this subject and staying relentless on this subject.

I am also introducing an amendment to protect--to NDAA to protect the security of emails.

I wholeheartedly agree with the need for a cyber National director, and I support that.

Congress has oversight responsibility to find out what the heck is going on in the social media world on this front.

I am terrified that there is going to be a shootout at one or more of these events, and that, too, will put a damper on future protests.

I think we need to modernize our perception of how we interact so that different groups are not demonized.

I believe it is important for the Government to have, as part of its actions, expanded resources and understanding to mitigate some of the intense dangers that have been evidenced in this hearing.

The Government needs to be paying attention to this.

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