I mean, this was a fixed-price contract, VA implemented it with indefinite deliverable, indefinite quality, which really would have shifted a lot of the risk onto the contractor.

Good morning. Thank you all for being here. This hearing will now come to order.

Mr. Speaker, this week the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced and published a new rule that would address ``broad-based categorical eligibility'' through the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps. Under current law, SNAP…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Saint Francis University on a well-deserved grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission, otherwise known as ARC. ARC recently announced Saint Francis University as the recipient of a $150,000…

Mr. President, I rise to celebrate one of the seminal moments in American civil rights history. This week marks the 29th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush…

I thank the senior Senator from Ohio, who makes the point broadly about the importance of Medicaid in the context of healthcare but especially with regard to Americans with disabilities. I thank him for his comments, and I thank him for…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Mr. Speaker, I want to fix this. I want to see it fixed, and I want to see everybody in labor feel that all those generational gains, all of that negotiation actually meant something. I think it is a shame when they look at, well, why…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding. Listen, I share the same concerns. I don't think there is anybody I agree with, probably, on 99 percent of what we talk about than Mr. Neal; and I have been, for the last couple years, trying…

I find those facts and this entire process un-American.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1837, the United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act, of which I am a cosponsor. The United States-Israel…

the drafting and the publication of some of the information in this report without an indictment, without prosecution, frankly, flies in the face of American justice.

Will you assure this committee that OSTP will either take a lead role on this issue, or at a minimum, make certain that the FCC and the Commerce Department understand our subcommittee's concerns.

The administration's fiscal year 2020 budget request eliminated the Community Relations Service and moved the function to the Civil Rights Division.

This appears to be another in a series of efforts by this administration to suppress scientific research that could reach conclusions that are contrary to its political efforts.

Well, in light of the worsening statistics that we have seen and the unique role that CRS plays in addressing those issues, what sense does it make for DOJ to gut the programs that are best suited to address hate crimes and violence in our…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Director Droegemeier.

It sends a message that politics will be valued over science.