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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has not answered either one of my questions, A, whether there was a single red cent available in the Defense Department for rescission, because that money has been laying there 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I did yield to the gentleman about the single red cent, because all of this deals on the nondefense side of the budget, which is, by the way, the smallest part of the budget. The gentleman keeps saying we need to make sure we…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Is the gentleman aware that there are $95 billion of unobligated funds in the Department of Defense? I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McCARTHY. That is great. Will the gentleman offer an amendment to the bill?

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has mentioned numerous times that I voted against some of the bills that were offered on this floor, and he is right. He tries to make it as if I voted against the CHIP program. He knows that is not an honest…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I would ask the majority leader--he wants to do these rescissions. Congress usually does these. They do them in the appropriations process, and that is fine. Presidents have also done that. My question to him was: If you want…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, this administration will have the largest deficit increase of any administration in history. They haven't been here very long, so that is a prediction I make, and I am absolutely positive I am correct. They are now trying to…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy) for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. (Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the information and for the bonus of a little longer-term view of what we might be considering on the floor of the House. One of the things I didn't hear on that, and perhaps I asked the majority…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, although it was not on this list, I wonder if we might expect a budget resolution to be offered at some point in time in the future. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 10, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Of course, April 15 is the day set forth. Many times we did not meet April 15. Clearly, last year we didn't meet April 15 by many, many months, but I appreciate the gentleman's answers. Let me say that I…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-10
Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

Mr. Speaker, on March 24, I was in Morristown, New Jersey, with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Mikie Sherrill, where we attended the March for Our Lives. The March for Our Lives was organized by students around the country to speak out…

Congressional Record · 2018-05-09
Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, as a result of the tariffs just since they were imposed, Maryland has lost 784 solar industry jobs.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

I raised that last year because you zeroed it out. The administration zeroed out in its budget.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

You intend, in this budget, to close the centers including, I will say, four in Maryland that would be shutdown.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

I would hope that we would have a sort of full contingent onboard.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

Your budget also cuts $24 million from the Minority Business Development budget.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

I have to say, it rings a little hollow to say these decisions are made because of budget and fiscal stringency when we just added close to $2 trillion to our national debt as a result of the tax cut.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 9, 2018

The net so far in Maryland is we are over 700 jobs down and the projection, again, from industry associations that nationally, we are going to see a net loss of 23,000 jobs this year.

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