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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 56 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 10 a.m. for…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-23
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

And I so appreciate my colleague, and it is the sentiment, and I know our time is winding up. But one thing that also touched me. I've done a few tours in the northern tier of Pennsylvania in your district, and I've gone back on my own to…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-23
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

I appreciate my colleague from Pennsylvania for joining us here this evening. If I could continue this conversation with you, I'm sure you've done what I have done on numerous times. When I have traveled home, up state Route 15, right…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-23
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today with a few of my colleagues to talk about an issue that, I think, could be a game-changer for the United States of America, which is the natural gas development potential that we find in the…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-23
Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

Secretary Hale, thank you for appearing before us today.

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

According to the May 2010 Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan Status Report, the Air Force noted that its Statement of Budgetary Resources audit readiness will be dependent on the deployment of several enterprise resource…

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Jim Langevin
@jimlangevin· Democratic · RI· Jan 23, 2012

How does the Department conduct budgetary oversight of highly classified programs and what will you do to ensure that they do not become black holes on the balance sheets?

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Levin, for engaging in this debate today that is so important, in my opinion, to the future of this Nation, to the future of the…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, could I inquire as to the amount of time we have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 23\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 17\1/4\.

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. DesJarlais). Mr. DesJARLAIS. Madam Speaker, our Nation is over $15 trillion in debt. But what does 15 trillion in debt really mean? Well, it means…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, I would like to say to Mr. Hoyer that I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a Member of this body. And I have joined him to support the ``Go Big'' effort. And what I would say is, by this resolution, look at what…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, I would just remind the gentleman that what we have done on our side of the aisle is at least we have put a plan in writing by adopting and approving the budget. We're just looking. In the last 7 months we've been waiting…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Jan 18, 2012

Madam Speaker, I would just like to remind my colleague on the other side of the aisle that when you get a credit card bill that you can no longer afford, you do pay it, but you cut it up, and you stop the spending so you don't exacerbate…

Congressional Record · 2012-01-18