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 subtitle B of title III, add the following new section: SEC. __. REPORT ON RETRAINING…

I, too, want to start by thanking Chairman Wolf for his service and by wishing him the best of luck on his next steps after retirement. I would also like to take a moment to thank Representative John Culberson and Representative Cory…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: On page 38, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''. On page 39, line 23, after the dollar…

Today, I would like to continue my journey through the 23rd District of Texas and saddle up and ride along the Butterfield Trail to a place that is truly American, and that is the city of Pecos, Texas, home of the Eagles, the mighty purple…

I serve on the House Armed Services Committee, and through that assignment I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with soldiers, airmen, marines, sailors, and their families. Like all Americans, I certainly want our sons and…

I, too, would like to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership. I am glad to have had the opportunity to work with and learn from each of them, and I certainly wish the chairman well in his future endeavors. This…

Today, in my 23-in-1 journey, I would like to take you to a beautiful city in West Texas known as Marfa. Established in 1883 as a water stop for the railroad, Marfa has become a cultural mixing bowl, with cowboys and artists alike. Located…

On rollcall No. 142 I was unavoidably detained en route to the House floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Everyone in Texas knows about the Permian Basin's reputation for oil and gas. Every UT Longhorn or Texas A&M Aggie knows about the Permanent University Fund. Not everyone knows the critical role that Big Lake played in each of these, so…

In my continuing efforts to highlight the 23rd District of Texas, I would like to talk about one of my favorite and one of the most rural parts of the 23rd District, the ghost town of Terlingua. Terlingua, the ghost town, is located near…

Earlier I was on the floor and I mentioned Clay Henry as one of the former elected officials in the district that I represent. I referred to him as the mayor of Terlingua; and you would think having grown up there and lived there all of my…

I use some time to talk about the 23rd District. It comprises nearly a quarter of the land area of Texas. Everybody has heard of the character Popeye and his penchant for spinach, and the spinach capital of the world is Crystal City…

El Paso, Texas, has a rich and vast history spanning back hundreds of years. With the Ysleta Mission established in the 1600s, it has deep roots in Catholicism, but it wasn't until 1914 that the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso was…

I yield to the gentleman from Oregon. Mr. DeFAZIO. Texas is batting .100 here today. I would like to thank the gentleman for improving the proposed composition of the council. I thought your points about the healing that can come from…

I, too, would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their work on this legislation. I can think of nothing more important that all of us, I think, can agree on than the importance of taking care of our veterans and our…

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 27, after line 18, insert the following: ``(xiii) Veterans service organization.''. The Acting CHAIR…

In my continuing efforts to highlight parts of the 23rd District, I rise today to talk about one of the jewels of the 23rd, Castroville, where Texas meets France. One of several settlements founded by Henri Castro in 1844, the Alsatian…

I am sure every Member of Congress thinks that his or her district is the most beautiful, the most unique of all, but the 23rd District in Texas is about 24 percent of the land area of Texas--it is a huge, huge area. I would like to…

I couldn't let the first week in Congress go by without taking a moment to congratulate Grandfalls-Royalty. Grandfalls-Royalty is one of the smallest public schools in Texas, with a student head count of about 27 kids. They had 16 of those…

I rise on this first day of our 2014 session to pay tribute to a husband, a father, a son, and a San Antonian. Bobby Deckard was a San Antonio police officer who died on Friday, December 20. He had come in on his day off to substitute for…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. Madam Speaker, thank you so much for the opportunity to speak. This past Veterans Day, I had the opportunity to recognize and to thank those who served in the military with a duty to defend…

Thank you so much. I appreciate very much, Congressman Green, your leadership on this issue. It is incredibly important. As I listened to Congressman Murphy and others talk on this issue, and you realize that one out of every three women…

Thank you for yielding. We were visited today by a group called Bibles, Badges and Business. One of the Bible passages which was quoted to me today is in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, in which he talks about, I was hungry, and you…

Ronald Reagan told a story many years ago about a little boy who encountered a pile of manure and was very excited because he thought there might be a pony in there somewhere. And the truth is that a lot of people across the country are…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R…