Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to modify my amendment with the modification at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the modification. The Clerk read as follows: After the words ``this Act'' insert ``or Divisions A, C…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is an amendment, a Davis-Bacon amendment, and it will be brought on each of the four segments of this appropriations bill that we are considering here in the House this evening…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment that requires that new hires under this appropriations bill are verified under E-Verify before they can go to work. It ensures that those funds…

Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt), chairman of the subcommittee.

I would add for clarification, Mr. Chairman, that the provision the gentleman referred to is section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which exempts those employees in foreign countries that surely would not want them uncovered under…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. {time} 2115

Mr. President, today I am pleased to support the nomination of Tim Kelly to be a judge on the DC district court. Tim serves as my chief counsel for national security, senior crime counsel, and majority staff director for the Caucus on…

In 1986, I coauthored amendments to the Lincoln-era False Claims Act that empowered whistleblowers to help the government identify and prosecute fraud on taxpayers.

The False Claims Act is the most effective antifraud tool that we have.

Since the 1986 amendments, the taxpayers have recovered more than $53 billion of public money lost to fraud.

Thirty-three billion of that came from the health-care sector.

Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any further debate on the bill? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? The bill (S. 860), as amended…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Grassley amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment…

Mr. President, once again, thanks to Senator Whitehouse for his cooperation and working so hard over the course of the last two Congresses to get this done. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further…

Mr. President, I rise to speak about the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act. I will make some short comments, and then I would like to defer to Senator Whitehouse, and then I would propound a unanimous consent…

Mr. President, I am pleased to support the nomination of Christopher Wray to be Director of the FBI. Mr. Wray possesses the skill, the character, and the unwavering commitment to impartial enforcement of the law we need in an FBI Director…