Gary Palmer

I can tell you, and I don't know if you picked up on it, but I am extremely frustrated by how our country has handled this.

I mean, doesn't it make sense to at least deduct the cost?

If the State Department's highest priority is the protection of U.S. citizens, why shouldn't we block remittances to these countries?

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will be postponed. Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico The…

In regard to the EPA, the gentleman from California cited an EPA finding on the benefits and my response to that--that it is not a regulatory program--but that is beside the fact. What it is, is a duplication of other programs. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 76, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''. Page 84, line 1, after the…

I hope you will implement that.

Don't you think more participation by the folks who are interested in starting a bank would be helpful?

I think a large part of that is due to the regulatory environment.

I think Frank Keating, the president of the American Bankers Association, said we're losing one bank a day, 7 days a week.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This amendment makes technical changes to the bill to reflect the text of H.R. 4612, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016, as it was reported out of committee. Mr. Chairman, my manager's amendment simply makes a few technical and…

I would like to make the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings) aware that I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I would like to associate myself with Mr. Gowdy's remarks in regard to Mr. Horowitz.

I would just like to point out and remind the committee that this topic, this hearing topic again back in February with a hearing that we had with the GSA regarding Federal agencies' handling of firearms.

You've destroyed thousands of jobs. You've impacted thousands of families, not just Alabama families but families all over the country.

Why shouldn't we be able to require drug testing in the program to ensure that taxpayer money is going toward the recipients it was intended, and why should the State be obligated to fund those programs if the individual engaging in…

My concern about it is--and I think it has been discussed in this hearing to a certain extent is that the census is so important in the context of redrawing congressional districts and determining the number of eligible voters.

The total since 2008 we are going to spend about a half-a-billion dollars and we are still not fully functional.

So the answer is no, it is not fully functional?

Do you believe it is appropriate for EPA employees to seek to shut down a legitimate business that employs many people?

Do you believe it is appropriate for the EPA personnel to pressure and intimidate citizens into endorsing the EPA's agenda?

Do you punish that or do you encourage it?

I think Mr. Meadows establish very clearly that we were lied to by this administration, perhaps even with contempt.

It just makes sense before they enter these critical areas that they go through a screening process like everybody else.