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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1690 and the Senate proceed to its consideration and the consideration of Calendar No. 64, S. 261, and…
Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 261 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 261 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The…
I thank Mr. Brady for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleagues on the other side that, under the leadership of the former presenter, almost a trillion dollars was spent on a stimulus package with nothing to…
Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose this amendment to H.R. 1806 because I support research that will enhance both the economic security and the energy security of the United States. The original America COMPETES Act, which established the…
Mr. Speaker, I appear here tonight to talk about police and community relations throughout our country. The purpose of this Special Order is to talk about how the relationship between police and local communities can be repaired. Over the…
Mr. President, it is not often that anyone comes to the floor of the Senate to praise a journalist one way or another; but in Georgia, on the 31st of May of this year, Sonny Dixon of Savannah, GA, will retire after 18 years of being the…
Mr. President, I would like to talk about Roy Roberts from Walton County, GA. It is not often that a Senator from Georgia rises to pay tribute to a Kentucky basketball player, but Roy Roberts played for the famous Adolf Rupp in the 1960s…
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to commend Cadet Jonathan Chase Strickland of the University of North Georgia Corps of Cadets for being selected as the top ROTC cadet in the Nation. Cadet Strickland was also selected as the United States Army…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I want to say a few words about one part of the bill that I find very troubling. This is a cut that is a penny-wise and pound-foolish. Last year, we named the GPO as the Government…
Give me a break. A warning letter? I mean, seriously. They know that is wrong.
I am a WIC vendor in my retail--or I was in my retail business, but do you ever audit them to see if they are indeed buying those products
Newt Gingrich said we were going to have to put kids in orphanages.
If we did it properly, it would not be a problem. We do not do that.
We need enforcement measures to make sure we stay on that path.
It is time we change the rules by which we govern ourselves to see to it we do the oversight that is necessary to efficiently and effectively spend the $3.7 trillion taxpayer dollars we spend every year.
After all, it is our people's money. It is not our money. It is our country. It is not anybody else's country.