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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

I can remember in 1977 there was a TV show I used to like. It was called ``In Search of . . . '' That year I remember very well because I had to go to school at Bearden Junior High School on Saturdays because of snow days. We used up all…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

I rise as the designee of the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cammack), and 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 the bill (before…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

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 the bill (before the short title), add the following: TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL LIMITATION…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

I am offering this amendment to withhold funding from the United States Agency for Global Media. This agency has misused taxpayer money and also failed properly to vet its own staff. I ask you, Mr. Chairman, is the policy of this great…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report on the U.S. Global Agency for Global Media's failure to vet its staff properly. Specifically, one of its executives, Setareh Sieg, lied on her resume, misused…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

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 the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

At the inception of these wonderful organizations that my colleague across the aisle described, I would say they probably were very effective. I would say now they have very little effect. I can't imagine somebody in one of these countries…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 26, 2024

I appreciate your service to our great country in the Marine Corps. I should have said that earlier. I offer this amendment to prohibit any funding for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. This is just another group of unelected…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jun 25, 2024

I have a Stop Corporate Capture bill that would stop the revolving door of pharmaceutical executives that then go into the Administration.

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Jun 25, 2024

I thank the chairman, and I appreciate the kind words of the gentleman across the aisle and his support for this important piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, when the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, over $7 billion worth…

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David Kustoff
@davidkustoff· Republican · TN· Jun 25, 2024

Even a proposal that I advanced that wouldn't have raised taxes but would simply have required the filing of a tax form for alimony payments and generated $2 billion to protect our children was rejected.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jun 25, 2024

Listen, it is no secret that I am not a big fan of big pharma and so any time the--my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to help me rein in big pharma, I am looking forward to that.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jun 25, 2024

I urge my colleagues to retreat from this dangerous path.

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2024

I asked him repeatedly, and repeatedly he declined to make that guarantee.

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jun 18, 2024

I asked him repeatedly, and repeatedly he declined to make that guarantee.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jun 17, 2024

80 years ago this month, America and our allies embarked on a mission that would change the course of history. We stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Along with our allies, we formed the largest armada in world history…

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jun 17, 2024

Dr. James ``Jim'' E. Auer, who passed away in Nashville, TN, on May 16, 2024, was a pillar of the U.S.-Japan Alliance. I had the privilege of knowing Dr. Auer for a number of years, as he would attend events hosted by the Japan-America…

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jun 17, 2024

I asked him repeatedly, and repeatedly he declined to make that guarantee.

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