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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Title II of the bill contains transparency requirements that are long overdue. To make sure that agencies comply and conduct their business in the sunshine, it prohibits an agency…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume just to say to the gentleman from Georgia that it is entirely reasonable that regulations proposed to protect the people, as he notes, should be known by the people before they are…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Title II of the bill, the ALERT Act, contains needed transparency requirements so that hardworking Americans who bear the cost of new regulation at least know in realtime what is…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Speaker, the American people have waited too long for relief for us to delay in the face of this procedural motion. Now is the time for action, not parliamentary gimmicks. We are 7 years into the Obama administration. Real unemployment…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). The amendment was rejected. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It has been years since Federal officials declared that the Great Recession had ended and recovery had begun. It has been years since the Obama administration took office, promising…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I strongly support her amendment. Over the past several decades, the accumulation of unfunded mandates issued by the Federal Government to State and local governments, tribes, and the…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

I will call to order the Subcommittee on Readiness, subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

To what extent do the reported readiness levels of installations take into consideration the condition of their facilities?

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Jan 7, 2016

I look forward to hearing the views of the Navy today and the Air Force next week.

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mrs. Watson Coleman for her leadership on all of these issues, particularly education. There is a growing bipartisan understanding that in order for our Nation's children, especially those in low-income communities, to…

Congressional Record · 2016-01-07
Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Jan 7, 2016

As we keep relearning after each new attack, cybersecurity is obviously a critical and daunting challenge.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jan 7, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished ranking member, my friend from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). I join the ranking member in opposing the so-called Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act. Specifically, we take exception to the…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jan 6, 2016

How about now? How about, just once, resisting the temptation to engage in partisan activity, especially when it comes to foreign policy?

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