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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. President, I come to talk about the farm bill and an amendment I filed along with Senators Cornyn and Heller, but I first want to thank Chairman Roberts for doing the remarkable job he does bringing people together on the Agriculture…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would make one comment. It is interesting, when the gentleman opposite, Mr. Speaker, is talking about motives and what is designed by this when we have not had a conversation about…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his leadership and tenacious spirit on this, and I reserve the balance of my time. Parliamentary Inquiry

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 971, I call up the resolution (H. Res. 970) insisting that the Department of Justice fully comply with the requests, including subpoenas, of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The reality of this is the very document that the gentlewoman from Texas put up, that 500-page report, is actually investigative conclusions based on 1.2 million documents, of which…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and add extraneous materials into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of a resolution that literally is about this institution. And when we look at this, it is about the Department of Justice and the FBI giving…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I might remind the Speaker and all those who are in this Chamber today that this is about this very fundamental principle of this institution being able to do oversight. Since when is it not a good idea to have the documents…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what we are trying to do. We are trying to do our job, and the gentleman opposite makes an eloquent speech about doing our job of proper oversight. I can…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, obviously, the gentlewoman from California lays out an unbelievable claim that this is the lowest of low that has ever been seen in this body. I find that just remarkable that that statement could even be made. The other issue…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman opposite for his impassioned arguments and debate on this issue. I thank all of those who have come down to the floor today to stand up for this…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Mark Meadows
@markmeadows· Republican · NC· Jun 28, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I ask the Speaker if he would remind others that are in this well, that if they are really concerned about family reunification, I have a bill--and the gentleman opposite…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-28
Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jun 27, 2018

Is not it really true that right now we have a duopoly between Glass Lewis and ISS? Do we have any real concept of competition in this space?

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jun 27, 2018

But once we implement CFIUS, which will be negotiated out in the NDA conference and you close some of the gateways through the CFIUS process, then people are going to be looking for other ways to actually influence U.S. businesses.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jun 27, 2018

Madam President, I am doing something this week I wish I didn't have to do. As a matter of fact, for the past several weeks I wish I didn't have to do this, but I have to draw attention to something that is very important to me and should…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-27