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This discussion tonight is, I think, exemplary of the dysfunctionality of this place. No matter whose fault it is, we are not serving the public. I just came in from the break on a Third World road from Dulles Airport here to the Capitol…
Mr. President, I wish to talk a little bit about health care this morning. The majority leader has suggested in past weeks that all of these contacts and concerns I get from Missourians are just made up--although he didn't target…
How does the Federal Government get rid of an industry it simply doesn't like? Easy. It cuts that industry off from the financial services it needs to operate. Sound impossible? Sure, it does. However, that is exactly what the Department…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…
With that, Mr. Chairman, I just want to close by saying I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado's support. This is an agency that has gone well beyond the scope of its authority. It even questions its own authority in its internal memos…
Before you is a picture, a contemporary picture of the World War I monument in Kansas City, Missouri, the tallest and most majestic of the World War I monuments. Today, we are here in an unprecedented show of bipartisanship on this…
Madam President, I want to talk a little bit about the continuing concerns we see in our office and hear from Missourians about what is happening with the implementation of the health care plan. The more people know about the path we are…
Due to an oversight, I missed the vote on Conference Report on H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act on May 20th, 2014. I had intended to vote ``aye'' on rollcall vote 220, Agreeing to the Conference Report on H.R…
And Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3530, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. H.R. 3530 is a comprehensive, multipronged approach to address the problem of human trafficking in the United States. The sponsor of this…
I thank the chairman for his leadership in this. I rise today, Madam Speaker, in support of H.R. 4573, the International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking. My very good friend, Congressman Chris Smith, a champion on…
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3610, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act. Congressman Erik Paulsen authored this important legislation in order to encourage States to…
I thank the gentleman from Virginia, Chairman Goodlatte, for his wonderful leadership on this issue and so many others. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 4225, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation, SAVE, Act…
Mr. President, I wish to say a few words about National Police Week. I am pleased to be able to cochair with the Presiding Officer and the Senator from Delaware Mr. Coons the Law Enforcement Caucus which we founded when we came to the…
Madam President, I thank my good friend from Oklahoma for ensuring that I have the time to talk for a few minutes about an issue he and I feel very strongly about; that is, the best use of American energy and what American energy means to…
I want to thank both Chairman Hensarling and Ranking Member Waters for their support of my bill as well as the hard work of Chairman Congresswoman Capito here for her help and support today, as well as Congressman Murphy for his…
Madam President, I wish to respond to my good friend from Arkansas. Where he lives and where I live we know way more about tornadoes than we would like to know. Our friend from Louisiana knows about tornadoes and hurricanes both. We had a…
I thank the Senator from South Carolina for pointing out that bad Economic Policies have the most impact on the most vulnerable among us, including the number he gave of the percentage of income of families who have less than $30,000 of…
Mr. President, I thank my friend for leading this colloquy. I think the Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Scott, is going to speak for a few minutes before I do, and then I will be glad to enter into this discussion. It is an important…