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Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. Rather than bringing sunshine into the rulemaking process, it throws an after-midnight shade on this process. In fact, the…
Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. {time} 1930 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Cummings…
Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 25, strike line 5, and all that follows through page 27, line 13. The…
Mr. Chairman, this amendment establishes additional criteria for the commission's one-sided review of all Federal regulations, authorizing it to identify rules for repeal that may limit or prohibit agencies from adopting technology to…
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in opposition to H.R. 1155, the SCRUB Act, a one-way ratchet with the sole aim of prioritizing costs over benefits through the reckless elimination of rules without…
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, it is clear that the driver of the SCRUB Act is not the dairy farmer, but it is the oil company and those as rich and powerful as those are. So, in summary, H.R. 1155 is…
Mr. Chairman, I would just like to say how much I appreciate the gentleman from Florida's bipartisan work on this issue. I look forward to working with the gentleman on this issue as well as other issues of joint concern, like criminal…
I thank my colleague from Indiana for reserving this time and for giving me a few minutes to speak on this very important and critical issue. Mr. Speaker, as I am standing here, I see the word ``liberty'' engraved at the base of the…
Mr. Chairman, my amendment would strike title II of H.R. 1155, which would require agencies to undertake a regulatory CutGo process to repeal rules identified by the commission with little to no consideration of the rules' benefits prior…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015. This bill guts ObamaCare, eliminating many of the penalties and programs that have been…
Mr. Speaker, I just want to remind those who are here that the rule's focus here is dealing with helping regulatory reform burden. I do appreciate the opportunity of Republicans too to take the burden off of individuals. Mr. Speaker, I…
Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 580 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 580 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on House Resolution 580, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. As this debate has come forward, I want to just point out, as a member of the Rules Committee talking about rules bringing forth the process for which debate will happen, I want to…
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to bring this structured rule forward on behalf of the Rules Committee. This rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1155, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2016…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his great work on this important legislation. Today I rise in support of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015. This legislation will dismantle ObamaCare…
Mr. Speaker, as has already been said just a little bit earlier on this floor, here we go again. I guess the straw harvest was good this fall because, like my colleague, I was hoping that there would be some stuff changed. Undoubtedly, it…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and my good friend.