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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Children are the most vulnerable and innocent members of our society, and we have a duty to make sure our laws protect them to the fullest extent possible. H.R. 1862, the Global Child…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, let me make it very clear that there are no new mandatory minimums in this bill. The mandatory minimum that is already in the law is appropriate for those who are a danger to…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, my friend and colleague, the ranking member, asked that we look at this in a broad and general way, but that is not what this bill is all about. I ask my colleagues to look…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1842) to amend title 18, United States Code, to include State crimes of violence as grounds for an enhanced penalty when sex offenders fail to register or report certain…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 883) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a certification process for the issuance of nondisclosure requirements accompanying certain administrative subpoenas…
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important bipartisan legislation. I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy), and the…
Mr. Speaker, I commend the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bishop). I thank the ranking member of the full committee and the ranking member of the subcommittee and the chairman of the…
Mr. Speaker, I have no additional speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, at this time, it is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bishop), one of the two chief sponsors of this legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have spent a great deal of time this afternoon discussing legislation designed to detect and punish sexual predators. These bills are all strong, well crafted, and…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 695, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to urge my colleagues to support this very important, very targeted legislation. This is not some broad authority. This is very targeted under circumstances where the sexual predator has…
It does not deny forever, it defers for 10 years.
would there be anything good about a shutdown of the government of the United States?
it has a debilitating effect on the workforce every time we talk about shutting down
I have never believed that that is the way we ought to handle our business here