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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 624, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, introduced by my good friend from California, Representative David Valadao…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 624) to restrict the inclusion of social security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I appreciate the comments from my friend from Virginia, and I will reiterate my comments made earlier here on this floor that we are very grateful for the Federal workforce that we do…
Mr. Speaker, might I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. If I might just, again, clarify for the record, this is a reporting bill. It is a transparency bill. The standard that my good friend from Massachusetts discusses, and that I agreed…
Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, while I understand where my colleague from Virginia is taking my comments from, I must submit that at no time did I allege that the Federal employees, all Federal employees, are committing crimes on…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to be clear here, because I want to make sure that we are talking about the same bill. This bill doesn't do anything about union dues. This bill doesn't do anything other than…
Mr. Speaker, I might just suggest to my good friend from Virginia that this is a reporting bill, that this is the same bill, as amended by their amendment, that was passed out of committee overwhelmingly, that I believe the gentleman from…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 1293, to amend title 5 of the United States Code to require the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…
If barriers continue to prevent new and existing small businesses from participating in the Federal Marketplace, such as delays in change orders and packing their bottom line, what will this mean for the industrial base and businesses like…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleague, Mr. Butterfield, in honoring the life of a towering figure in North Carolina politics, Senator Ralph Hunt, Sr., of Durham. I first got to know Senator Hunt early in my political career when I…
There is little justification for cutting vital agencies, like NSF, simply to fund a Defense Department already receiving more than half a trillion dollars each year.
Our Nation's leadership in a number of important areas is threatened by this budget request, and we need to recognize that if we want our Nation to be at the forefront of innovation and job creation, we need a much wiser fiscal policy.
This negatively affects constituents, by the way, in both Republican and Democratic districts alike.
I strongly oppose the elimination of these programs, Mr. Chairman, and I hope that we can work together in a bipartisan manner to preserve these programs that so greatly benefit the American people.