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The American people have lost more than $15 billion to cronyism. Pennsylvanians alone have lost $1.4 billion. Right now, in southern Nevada, there is an expensive hole in the ground where there should be a nuclear waste repository. We…
I want to thank the chairman and Ranking Member Price for their hard work in writing a bill that keeps American families safe and prioritizes border and immigration law enforcement in a very tough budget environment. In this bill, the…
According to the Social Security trustees, the Social Security Disability program is expected to exhaust its trust fund in just 4 years. If the fund is exhausted and if nothing is done, only around 80 percent of the benefits will be paid…
As chairman of the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, I am very sympathetic to the concerns raised by the gentleman from Texas. I understand that last year DOJ notified prospective FY11 SCAAP applicants of this coming change and…
In today's Wall Street Journal, Dr. Steven Greer relates his disastrous experience trying to review grants for a program created by ObamaCare. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will hand out more than $10 billion in the…
The USDA Biobased Markets program was created to provide new markets for farm commodities and to encourage consumers to purchase environmentally friendly biobased products. Unfortunately, under the current law, most forest products are…
I rise this evening to offer an amendment that levels the playing field and promotes fairness for veterans when it comes to contracting with the Federal Government. According to the most recent census, there are almost 22 million veterans…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…
The Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 is a product of nearly a year and a half of work in the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. H.R. 5651 is the result of bipartisan negotiations. The bill passed out of the Health…
In conclusion, I want to again commend leadership on both sides of the aisle: Ranking Member Emeritus Mr. Dingell and Ranking Member Mr. Pallone and Mr. Waxman and Chairman Upton and staff of both sides. They have done a terrific job and…
Today, the House of Representatives will consider the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill to ban the practice of sex-selection abortions. If you talk to most expectant couples, you'll hear a common refrain: we don't care whether it's a…
I thank the chairman. This year a typical senior will spend 15 percent of their household income on health care, including $620 plus on prescriptions. But that sum would be much higher if there were no FDA-approved generic pharmaceuticals…
At this time I am happy to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the subcommittee chairman of O&I, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns).
Mr. President, the brave men and women serving our country in the military, the National Guard and the Reserves have sacrificed time away from their families, jobs and lives throughout Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi…
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 subtitle B of title XXVII, add the following new section (and make such conforming changes to…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that H.R. 2947 be discharged from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and be referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolutions…