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Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike section 3 of the resolution and insert the following: Sec. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the whistleblower resolution we will vote on later this week is critical to the constitutional oversight responsibilities given to us by the Constitution. Congress has a…
Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, but I believe my colleagues have one more speaker, so I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1300
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 577, providing for consideration of H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act; H.R. 3525, the U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act…
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded…
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 577 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 577 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…
Gun violence is a public health issue. Just this year alone, we have seen more than 10,000 deaths and more than 40,000 gun-related incidences. We have run out of excuses to not act on this. These are people's lives we are talking about…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the late Lieutenant, Junior Grade, John Joseph Wiley and the 129 men tragically lost aboard the USS Thresher. This submarine departed its port on April 10, 1963, for a test dive. Unfortunately, it…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate DiamondBack Truck Covers, a truck bed cover company in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. DiamondBack was recently awarded the Small Business Administration's Pennsylvania Small Business of…
Mr. Speaker, last month, I had the pleasure of hosting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue for a dairy and agriculture summit in Pennsylvania's 15th District at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Joining the Secretary…
One party has made this a priority, and it is us. It shouldn't be us alone.
More than 500,000 Americans have died from gun violence.
Unfortunately, President George W. Bush was not able to persuade enough of his Republican colleagues, and the ban expired through inaction.
America has suffered more than 300 mass shootings per year.
This is a question of our common humanity. We have crossed a threshold no country should have ever crossed.
You may be surprised to hear that I disagree with this.