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I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this act. It is really just common sense, is it not? And I think it best exemplifies how America handles crises. They adjust. They make an adjustment. This…
Today I rise in the House as an original cosponsor of H.R. 4100, the Local Organization Cooperative Agreement and Facility Maintenance Act, or the LOCAL Act. For the past several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has partnered with…
If stacked end to end, how far into space would those sofas reach is the question. It is a great point, Mr. Pocan. Of course, you know the answer. The answer is this: when we put that extra money in the pockets of the people who are making…
Thank you, Mr. Pocan. I want to say, at the outset, that I was impressed with the colloquy that you had with our colleague from California (Mr. George Miller), and I wish to associate myself with those comments. They were very well-taken…
Madam President, I wish to discuss the ABLE Act, which is a piece of legislation that has been the subject of enormous and substantial bipartisan support both in the Senate and in the House. We know that a lot of families have relied upon…
I rise this morning to speak about two issues. The first will be on the matter that is before us, the veterans legislation. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I commend the work of Chairman Sanders and others…
This bill is being brought to the floor during this week that has been labeled ``stop government abuse week.'' I am here to say that this is a bill that has some stopping power, all right. It would stop the government from protecting our…
On February 7, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Agricultural Act of 2014, the 5- year farm bill reauthorization that passed Congress with bipartisan support and reduces annual budget deficits by $16.6 billion over 10 years…
This picture depicts South Sudanese women in a food distribution line. Another desperate woman at the fore is hunched over barbed wire. Violence, displacement, and starvation plague the world's newest nation, but that doesn't have to be…
I rise as cochairman of the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus to recognize National Career and Technical Education Month, celebrated each February. National CTE Month recognizes the contributions that career and technical…
Madam President, I wish to discuss the Agricultural Act of 2014, otherwise known as the farm bill. I sincerely appreciate the Agriculture Committee chairwoman's and ranking member's work in moving the process forward. I have made it a…
Mr. President, as I have every year since I came to the Senate now 8 years ago, I rise today to commemorate Black History Month by paying tribute to a distinguished American. This year we are privileged to recognize Willie F. Johnson, a…
The Internal Revenue Service on Monday issued final regulations regarding the treatment of volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel under the employer mandate provision of the President's health care law, the Affordable Care Act. The…
Penn State University's Lunar Lion Team will make history as the first-ever university-led space mission to the Moon. This group of talented young minds is competing in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition to land a robotic spacecraft on…
On rollcall No. 51, the Grijalva Amendment No. 1, I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Labrador The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded…
I thank the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva). I rise today to express my opposition to H.R. 2954, the mistitled Public Access and Lands Improvement Act. Rather than improving our Nation's lands, this bill negatively affects our land…
Today, I rise to recognize the Benedictine Sisters of St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, which is located in Elk County, Pennsylvania, and is the oldest Benedictine convent in the United States. The Benedictine Sisters, in concert with…
If I told you we could create tens of thousands of truly shovel-ready jobs, increase the prospects of American energy independence, and avoid undue environmental harm, how long would it take you to sign on the dotted line? For the…