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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 14, 2015

And would one of you answer my question, which was, can you give us a summary of the impact that such an Order, meaning the California Dairy Marketing Order, will have on the rest of the country?

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 14, 2015

You can inadvertently destroy existing competition by providing government subsidies to entities that enter the marketplace.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Royce for his outstanding leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, our Founding Fathers included in the preamble of the United States Constitution the intention of our government to provide for the…

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. President, I want to rise and offer some thoughts on the comments we just heard from the majority leader and from our leader. I want to say a word about process, and I want to say a word about partisanship. Let me start with a word to…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I hope our fellow Americans understand what is really at stake here: engagement and the rollback of a nuclear threat or the kinetic option, which is military intervention that takes us down a path that will lead to…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, it was John Kennedy who negotiated the first nuclear Test Ban Treaty successfully with our archenemy that threatened to bury us--the Soviet Union. He said that we should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am reminded back to Churchill. He said it is always better to jaw- jaw than to war-war. I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Maybe the President could get some advice from the leadership of the Republican Conference in how to figure out what resolution to bring to the floor. I now proudly yield 4 minutes to…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and against the resolution--well, actually, in favor of the resolution of approval. I must say, in starting, we are at a…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, our friend from Florida asks the right questions. He has just got the wrong answer. I can answer those questions. I want a world that rolls back the nuclear capability of Iran, not a world based on a false hope that we can…

Congressional Record · 2015-09-10
Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, before I recognize the gentleman from New York, I would simply say I think that last analogy is invidious. The history of World War II is the fact that people ignored warnings for so long that, by the time Munich happened, it…

Congressional Record · 2015-09-10
Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I would simply point out for the record that Soleimani remains on the list. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in speaking on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. While this deal is far from perfect, I believe it is the best option available to us right now for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear…

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 10, 2015

Mr. President, I understand we are moving back to the incredibly important debate on Iran. I will come back and address that a little bit later. Remembering Alison Parker and Adam Ward and Paying Tribute to Vicki Gardner Mr. President, it…

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Sep 9, 2015

Thank you for that comprehensive overview about O-FRP and what it means and the challenges that we face ahead.

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Rob Wittman
@robwittman· Republican · VA· Sep 9, 2015

I call to order the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Readiness.

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