
Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Bost for yielding. I rise today to advocate for H.R. 6604, as amended, the Veterans Eligible to Transfer Schools (VETS) Credit Act. It corrects issues that veterans are having when using their GI…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Bost for yielding. I rise today to advocate for H.R. 6604, as amended, the Veterans Eligible to Transfer Schools (VETS) Credit Act. It corrects issues that veterans are having when using their GI…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 16, 2022, on page H4994, in the first column the following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 16, 2022, on page H4991, in the second column the following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair…

Mr. Speaker, this week 51 Senators voted to allow the Supreme Court to strip women of their fundamental right to abortion healthcare. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion access will be left in the hands of State legislatures dead set on…

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. McClain.) Mrs. McCLAIN. Madam Speaker, I would agree with my colleague across the aisle, this bill should be about lifting families out of poverty and providing hope…

Madam Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Good).

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. Madam Speaker, while the amendments before us include some positive reforms to improve accountability and transparency in the community services block grant program, there are…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, this en bloc includes several amendments that I believe would vastly improve the underlying legislation. First, one of the included amendments will address a critical…

Madam Speaker, I claim the time in opposition, but I am not opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, we must do all we can to make sure we help low-income and homeless veterans. I think this amendment furthers that effort. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, if CSBG programs were fulfilling their statutory purpose, we would be hearing lots of numbers of people lifted out of poverty. But those numbers have been notably absent…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. My friends at home tell me all the time that they believe common sense is in short supply in Washington. I completely agree with them. It is practically nonexistent on the…

Madam Speaker, today I stand in opposition to H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022, CSBG. While I recognize that the CSBG program has been serving those in need for decades, I do not believe that this…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, my colleagues have presented many good arguments against this bill in general and why we should be voting for these amendments that are in this en bloc. These amendments…

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed…

Madam Speaker, we owe our military veterans a huge debt of gratitude, and we must make sure they are well supported as they transition back into the civilian workforce. This amendment encourages the CSBG program to meet the needs of low…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry) for yielding. The gentleman is right. You can't help but notice and perhaps be distracted in an unseemly way by the stream of insidious attacks on the institution of the…

We don't have a Federal regulatory regime for stablecoins, and we need it, and I think there is bipartisan understanding of that.