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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

Let me explain this. As I said, auto dealers themselves, since we put this in place, cannot sell these vehicles. No one wants them even if the government is trying to force us to take them. They are offering tax incentives. They are…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I am so proud to be on this floor and for what we do for the people, but it is interesting to watch the debates that occur on this floor sometimes to try to stretch, as I said, and draw things out. I actually had the opportunity earlier…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for the spirited debate. Once again, that is the rhetoric I was talking about, to think that people on this side of the aisle don't want to take care of our veterans and feed our…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

First off, I have actually met with members of the Auto Dealers Association who have tremendous amounts of EVs sitting on their lots that they can't sell. Yet, we continue to push from the Federal Government and from the Biden…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The CDC data shows that nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide last year--an increase of 2.6 percent nationwide. Our veterans are at special risk. The risk of suicide for veterans is 57.3…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

The picture before you here is the Honorable William ``Bill'' Black, who I served with in the State legislature. He passed on September 9, and I wrote these words September 9 when I learned God had called him home. He was a close friend…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

Many people know that I was in the State legislature prior to coming to Congress, I was a foreleader there and I knew and could identify when, for some reason, whether it is leadership on one side of the aisle or the other side of the…

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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Danny Davis
@dannydavis· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

we must be focused on winning the fight, but as the Chair also indicated, leaders, if they are focused on winning the fight, understand you have to take care of your people.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I take it that you are familiar with this graphic from Bloomberg that shows you lagging significantly behind your three predecessors in terms of the number of rules you finalized in the first 2 years of your tenure?

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

this is massive overkill. This is an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I think it is particularly true where you are failing to do a rigorous cost-benefit analysis for many of the rules.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I rise today to highlight the importance of the Rehabilitation Act and to recognize the law's significance as we celebrate its 50th birthday today. The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in…

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Bill Foster
@billfoster· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

Our intention is that you actually get the 605 done so that you have upgraded reporting of quality of order execution.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2929 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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