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As Governor Pence said when he signed our Naloxone Bill, bills like this are about saving lives.

The goal, frankly, should be to get the kids off these programs. Our success should not be measured by how many are on these programs.

I agree with the fact that we need to have this oversight in this committee. What I don't agree with is how we go about it, so uneven and heavy-handed.

The desire to improve the efficiency in our child nutrition programs is a good one, but must not lead to more hungry or food insecure children.

When we aren't able to give our children the nutrition they need, we fail them.

I oppose this amendment. Everything that has happened since last year's debate should force us to be more careful with detainee decisions, not less careful. The rise of ISIL, the alarming release of the Taliban Five, and the war in Yemen…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Indiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington The Acting…

And for everyone, this is what is driving our debt. These pieces of the pie. They are all attached together, whether it is Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, or the interest we owe ourselves and others for the amount of money we are…

I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Doyle, from Pennsylvania. I yield back the balance of my time.

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 37, after line 16, insert the following new clause: (v) A review of the current procedures pertaining…

We as a Congress, and we as a Federal Government, ought to be doing everything possible to encourage this industry for moral reasons alone, but for also a number of economic reasons.

The tragedy of what has happened here is that, while there is as much bipartisan support for this legislation as any other piece of legislation in the last 5 years within the Congress, we are unable to get to the finish line.

One of the things that has bothered me over the last year or two, or, actually, over the last number of years, when people have even questioned whether the Federal Government has a role in building highways or in transportation systems…

And when we run folks down, you know, when we see it in papers and we see it on radios and we see it on TV, and they create less of a value for those positions, it makes it so much more difficult for these men and women who are--that is…

The positions need to have that same respect come back.

Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on this important matter.

This important bill will allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into provider agreements for extended care services.

We must step up to provide these heroes who have protected us with the resources they need including a place where they can be safe and protected.