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Mr. Langevin. Mr. Secretary, do you feel confident that the command relationships between 10th Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command, U.S. Cyber Command, and other Service cyber organizations are now adequately clarified?
This is obviously a vitally important platform, and we need to do everything we need to do to protect that program and keep it strong.
I want to first of all congratulate you on what I think is the clearest articulation of our short-term economic needs and our long-term challenges that I have yet heard.
Madam Speaker, there's no question that our economy is recovering. The private sector has added jobs for 23 straight months, putting 3.7 million Americans workers back on the job. Last week, in my district, GE opened its first new…
Mr. Chairman, the American people deserve better than this shoddy attempt to provide TransCanada with a regulatory earmark that allows them to bypass the established rules and procedures we have in place. I cannot support this, and I ask…
I want to thank the ranking member for this time, and I thank him for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I find it remarkable that we are here today debating a bill that is essentially a regulatory earmark for just one company…
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 903, after line 22, insert the following new paragraph: (3) Restriction on use of…
Mr. Chairman, why is it that the proponents of this bill are smiling and smirking while walking around this Capitol? It's because this bill requires the hasty approval of an unprecedented permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. They're…
Mr. Chairman, I would like to inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 1 minute remaining. {time} 1620
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, let me just say that as Members of this Congress, we were elected to this body to protect the American people, to protect our citizens, to protect their property…
Why don't we protect the landowners, the property holders in our Nation? We are elected here to protect them and not let a big oil company, TransCanada, a foreign company, come in and just take----
Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Doyle The Acting…
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 954, after line 19, insert the following: SEC. 17603. ESTIMATE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF…
Mr. Chairman, nearly 2 years ago, an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling vessel unleashed a steady gush of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico that went unstopped for 3 full months. The 4.9 million barrels of crude oil spewed into…
Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida has 2 minutes remaining.
Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Washington I respect a great deal, but to say this is redundant of current law is just incorrect. The gentleman knows, and in fact told us, that the requirement he referred to is in regulations. Mr…