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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Nov 30, 2015

I've been reading your ideas for some time now and have always found them very interesting. In my simple terms, you agree that climate change is real and it's manmade but the costs to stop or significantly slow this is much greater than…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Nov 19, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015. Just one example of a terrorist taking advantage of the United States' generous…

Congressional Record · 2015-11-19
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Nov 19, 2015

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 531, I call up the bill (H.R. 4038) to require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and for other…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Nov 19, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 4038, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Nov 19, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy), the chairman of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, and ask unanimous consent that he be able to control that time. The SPEAKER…

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Nov 19, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and the chief sponsor of this bill. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank the gentleman from Virginia, the…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Maybe, Mr. Garfield, I'll start with you. Can you tell us the difference between autonomous and assisted vehicles?

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Don Beyer
@donbeyer· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

I think it is something that has gotten so bad now--again, one in three workers needing government permission to work, up from one in 20 in the 1950s--that it does need some sort of federal involvement, or at least federal prodding.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

I thank my friend. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to condemn the November 13 attacks in Paris. This is a time of mourning for many families who have lost their loved…

Congressional Record · 2015-11-17
Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We have heard about the fact that the National Labor Relations Act is silent. That is true. But in terms of laws of general application, they are applied to tribes based on the balancing…

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015, legislation that would strip employees of protections afforded under the National Labor Relations Act at…

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. Speaker, could you tell us how much time remains on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Marchant). The gentleman from Virginia has 12 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Tennessee has 21\1/4\ minutes remaining.

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, I want to read portions of a Statement of Administration Policy, issued by the Executive Office of the President: ``The administration is deeply committed to respecting tribal sovereignty…

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

I think this will put a major threat towards the sharing economy's business model.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Arizona for working so closely. This does not have to be a partisan issue. In fact, it should not be a partisan issue. My sense is that in this Congress, in both Houses, 80-plus percent of the…

Congressional Record · 2015-11-17
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 17, 2015

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Arizona for joining together in this important area. I had a sad epiphany on Friday as I was thinking about this. I think Senator Flake and I have children who are about the same age. I was thinking…

Congressional Record · 2015-11-17