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Mr. Chair, I have a second amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 454, insert after line 23 the following (and conform the succeeding section…
Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon). The amendment was agreed to…
Mr. Chairman, the intent of the amendment is to establish a committee that parallels the three existing committees and, therefore, would use the same properties as those committees for appointment, et cetera. The gentleman who argued…
Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the much more experienced gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).
Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the fact that we share a common concern about our election security and an interest in using the best technology to protect that security. The intent here is to make sure that we are spending congressional…
Mr. Speaker, yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am confused when I listen to the gentleman from Illinois when he complains about process. He complains that we have over 70…
Mr. Chair, I appreciate the thoughtful queries from the gentleman from Arizona, and that is precisely what this amendment is directed towards. It is an amendment to H.R. 1 which sets up a small dollar financing program, and this will allow…
I certainly look forward to working with our colleagues and coming up with some solutions for the people.
The plan participants that we have here, the workers, the Mr. Morgan's of the world, certainly deserve none of the blame for this grossly underfunded pension plan problem that exists.
This, in my view is another example of the false promises of defined benefit pension programs.
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 172 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 172 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this…
Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Rules, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania? There was no objection.
Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 172, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, under a structured rule. The rule provides 2 hours of general debate equally…
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 311, insert after line 8 the following new subtitle (and conform the succeeding…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin), a distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
Mr. Chairman, my first amendment is amendment No. 6. This straightforward amendment would establish a committee of election security experts to review grant requests to ensure that funds for election security infrastructure are best spent…