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Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, my amendment would withhold U.S. contributions from the corrupt and scandal-plagued United Nations. It is about time. Despite making up less than 5 percent of the world's population, Americans remain the largest single state…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, 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…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Mark Pocan
@markpocan· Democratic · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, I was not present for 30 roll call votes in the House today. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: NO on Roll Call No. 297, Brecheen Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 8771; NO on Roll Call No. 298, Brecheen…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, let's go back to 1979. The executive branch sometimes does not get it right, as we saw with President Jimmy Carter who adopted the One China policy here and Congress had to step in with the Taiwan Relations Act in order to make…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Garbarino). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany). The amendment was agreed…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, I am being whipsawed here. We looked at the previous amendment that I offered with a chance to stand up against the PRC in reference to Taiwan, and we hear a ``no'' vote is urged. Now we are being told that the PRC is going to…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Glenn Grothman
@glenngrothman· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, I couldn't reach the voting machine. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 300. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Burchett The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Madam Chair, listen to the Orwellian language that we heard from the other side here in regard to irregular migration. This is laundering that is going on. This is laundering via the…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chairman, my amendment would prevent the enforcement of arbitrary, self-imposed State Department rules that limit communication between U.S. officials and their counterparts in Taiwan. In essence, these guidelines are designed to…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 27, 2024

Mr. Chair, 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…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-27
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

Their residents have an unrivaled interest in ensuring that nearby public lands are properly managed for generations to come.

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Glenn Grothman
@glenngrothman· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has the only time remaining.

Congressional Record · 2024-06-26
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

Congress will be required to reclaim its Title I authority and do the job it was always intended to do under the Constitution.

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Derrick Van Orden
@derrickvanorden· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

I am deadly serious about that, and I am amazed that you and I found common accord, and I appreciate it.

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Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

Executive overreach like this is why many Americans are frustrated with the Federal Government.

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Derrick Van Orden
@derrickvanorden· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

No one who has a soul can look at those pictures and say that having an artificial date of 2030 established for 50 percent of our fleet to be electrified is worth a single child working in slavery.

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Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

Mr. Chairman, this is the appropriate forum to bring this before. It is to deny funding for something that is no longer temporary. This has become, we might as well rename it PPS, permanent protective status rather than TPS. This is the…

Congressional Record · 2024-06-26
Tom Tiffany
@tomtiffany· Republican · WI· Jun 26, 2024

As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I have worked tirelessly to ensure the perspectives of local communities are included in both the decision-making process and the subsequent management of our Federal lands.

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