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Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong opposition of H.J. Res. 57. This resolution takes aim at the heart of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. That bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. This…
Mr. President, this bill has a complex backstory, but it serves a simple purpose--to allow a small daycare facility in Virginia to undertake routine repairs and maintenance. For more than 20 years, the Plains Area Day Care Center in…
Mr. President, I rise to oppose the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. I thought very carefully about this matter and about what it means to oppose a colleague. We had an unusual night last night, where one of our…
Mr. President, I rise this evening, along with many of my colleagues, to speak in opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be U.S. Secretary of Education. I oppose Mrs. DeVos, whom I had the chance to see at her confirmation hearing…
The notion that the U.S. President is saying we want to take Iraqi oil will make them, if they take that seriously, a little bit skittish about us staying.
I think we would all agree that has been virtually nonexistent thus far.
Mr. President, first of all, I wish to thank my friend the Senator from Michigan for her comments and her views on this nominee. I rise today to add my voice to those expressing concern about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to serve as U.S…
First of all, Mr. President, I thank my colleague, the Senator from Vermont, for his statement, and remarkably, the events of the last 24 hours, with Senator Warren's comments and now Senator Sanders' comments and others, and the fact that…
Mr. President, I also rise today to voice my concerns about Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as U.S. Attorney General. While I respect Senator Sessions' public service, I cannot and will not support his nomination. I also rise to raise the…
I want to commend Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings for their leadership in holding together this coalition.
we have to do something or we are going to lose the Postal Service as we know it.
What does this tell us about security stability in the regime?
If you get in a vicious cycle where we cut back services and raise costs--raise prices, you lose more customers, requiring you to cut back on services and raise more costs.
As noted, Congressman, this bill, as proposed, would generate over $26 billion over a five-year period in new revenue and cost-savings.