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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this entire day we should have had Yogi Berra come in here and say it is like deja vu all over again because, once again, this particular piece of legislation we saw last…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-29
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, even though H.R. 91 is a new bill, we have seen it before. The last time we were here, it was a Senate bill that came over and passed our committee but did not pass the…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-29
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am here to support H.R. 1222, and I am very pleased that Congressman Kind and Congressman Hunter were able to introduce this and for their part in this particular statement. As was…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-29
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), the sponsor of this particular piece of legislation. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Bishop and Mr. Van Drew for their work on this effort here tonight. I…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-29
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Mr. Speaker, if I could inquire of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Van Drew) if he has any more speakers. I don't have any other speakers.

Congressional Record · 2019-04-29
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

I was absolutely appalled, being the guy that opened the World War II Memorial, when barricades had been rented or purchased and put up in an open air memorial to do nothing but harass the Nation's veterans that put their lives on the line.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

It is not a stellar performance by Congress by any means, but thank you all.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Right now it is disruptive, expensive, and frustrating, and much of the success--certain reorganizations, I think, have been inflated sometimes.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

I hope we can solve it, which is also one of the reasons I hope Mr. Grijalva will simply schedule a hearing for a backlog bill

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

Look, I don't want to actually defend any bureaucracy in Washington, especially because the Department of the Interior, let's face it, if you were actually a business, you would have been bankrupt years ago.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 29, 2019

I don't want a 1-hour plane ride, I want to walk around the block to him.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 25, 2019

Cost is not the only dimension to this problem.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Apr 18, 2019

It is good news that there was insufficient evidence to charge the president of the United States with having conspired with a foreign adversary, or with having obstructed justice. Even so, I'm sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of…

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John Curtis
@johncurtis· Republican · UT· Apr 10, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the Protecting United States Businesses Abroad Act. This legislation will provide critical protection against corruption by authorizing the President, through the advice of Congress or the State…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-10
Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Apr 10, 2019

Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration's notoriously rocky relationship with Congress, and even his own party, meant that he had to resort to overregulations to get stuff done. His pen and a phone approach resulted in considerable executive…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-10
Blake Moore
@blakemoore· Republican · UT· Apr 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis). Mr. Speaker, I am absolutely delighted to rise in support of H.R. 1759, the Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-09
Blake Moore
@blakemoore· Republican · UT· Apr 9, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I am such a proud cosponsor of the Taxpayer First Act, and I stand with my colleagues as we vote on this bipartisan, bicameral bill. I am going to quickly address two key provisions of this bill. First, this bill is an…

Congressional Record · 2019-04-09