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Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time to say, again, that direct victims, like the one that the gentlewoman has cited, in a terrible case are not in any way affected by this legislation because they can be compensated. It is…
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 Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee 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 Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Cicilline The…
Mr. Chairman, this amendment would exempt settlements providing restitution to a State, but that is unnecessary. Nothing in the underlying bill prevents States that have been wronged from obtaining restitution. The Stop Settlement Slush…
Mr. Chairman, this amendment would exempt settlements resolving workplace sexual harassment, violence, or discrimination; but nothing in the underlying bill prevents victims of workplace harassment, violence, or discrimination from…
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. The fact of the matter is that the principle here of making sure that when the Department of Justice goes and extracts settlement payments from defendants in lawsuits brought against…
If we truly are concerned with preserving the entire historical record, why hasn't the committee sent a letter asking AOL to see if any of Secretary Powell's emails are recoverable?
I just want to thank you for the indulgence and I think our witnesses were great.
I think we need to tread lightly. I don't think that the legislation only ought to have the imprint of the Armed Services Committee.
Thank God there were low-level people telling the President a different thing than Curtis LeMay during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
As part of our review so far, we have seen all kinds of ridiculous outcomes. We have seen agencies disagree on classification decisions.
Well, first the time I went to Beijing was in 1986, and there were a lot of bicycles in Beijing.
I mean I heard my friend Mr. Perry talk about maybe that old system of 10 advisors is what we ought to go back to.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 634, expressing support for the U.S.-Republic of Korea-Japan trilateral relationship. The United States-Republic of Korea-Japan trilateral relationship is strategically vital to countering…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 660, expressing support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. I want to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for shepherding this measure through the House Foreign Affairs Committee. I…
Secretary Powell is a man I admire greatly, and I have tremendous respect for Secretary Powell and his decades of service to our nation despite the poor judgment shown in this email.