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This afternoon, I voted no on H.R. 1965, the Federal Lands, Jobs, and Energy Security Act. I appreciate that my colleagues brought this legislation to the floor, and, in fact, have supported many of the titles contained in the measure--and…
Another preventable tragedy: a young man searching for psychiatric help is turned away. According to news reports, just 24 hours before this deadly incident, the young man underwent an emergency psychiatric evaluation but could not get the…
Mr. President, I rise tonight to talk about the matter that is before us, which is the National Defense Authorization Act. I don't think we have to make a fulsome argument tonight that it is very important we pass this authorization act…
Ninety-six percent of the employment comes out of the Appalachian basin. That is in Pennsylvania. That is where we live. There has been a $650 savings per household per year because of it, and there are 232,000 associated jobs with an…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Occupational Health…
I would like to thank Chairman Hastings and Mr. Flores for bringing H.R. 2728 to the floor for this opportunity. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to remind everybody that, although they might say, Why do we do this? Why is the rhetoric…
Study after study proves that pipelines are the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most efficient method for transporting oil and natural gas. A company in my district tried to expand a current pipeline or build a new pipeline…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 26, after line 4, insert the following: ``(6) The Secretary shall include in the Strategy a plan for…
In 1947, Major Bill Hendricks, with the support of his Los Angeles Marine Corps Reserve unit, collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. Since the program's adoption nationally as Toys for Tots in 1948, the U.S. Marine Corps…
I was visited today in my district office by an individual who is one of my constituents--and one of my bosses--who told me about his disappointment with me and our government here in Washington and our inability to positively affect his…
I thank the gentleman, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 3350. This is a piece of legislation that protects the people, not a political party, not politicians, not Presidents who don't keep promises. This is a letter I got from Melissa…
The majority is very concerned about health insurance plans and very concerned about those people who have lost their plans. When this bill was originally marked up a couple of years ago in the Energy and Commerce Committee, repeatedly we…
Dan from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, wrote to me. He said: I am having very serious difficulties with the new health care. I called a place from the marketplace today inquiring about an affordable plan for my wife. I currently pay about $300…
On rollcall No. 2655--Motion to Recommit; I was off-site and my staff was unable to contact me regarding the vote due to a inoperative telephone. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on…
The Affordable Care Act is more than a Web site. That is the comforting assurance President Obama is giving to the American people as the continuing train wreck of his law's implementation grinds on. The law is more than a Web site…
The President continues to unilaterally implement these politically motivated, piece-by-piece, so-called ``fixes,'' but this law is broken, and it is hurting millions and millions of Americans. Every day, I hear from more of my…
I thank the gentleman. The answer is this: we don't have idiots as Federal judges in this country. If a Federal judge sees a situation where somebody is really acting egregiously, really abusing the system, really filing a frivolous case…
Sometimes the truth hurts, and for a quarter of a million Pennsylvanians, the truth really hurts because they are losing their health care plans. Mike McKean and his father own and operate Titan Tool Company. It is a small business in…