Darrell Issa

But I do sincerely believe that these are the areas that Congress should insist that some aspect of this... be included since we are currently effectively defending a country at war.

Don Young has 50 years of stories, and I will tell you just one in 20 seconds. Madam Speaker, Don Young, faced with a young Member wanting to affect bypass mail in Alaska, could have dressed me down and told me over his dead body. Instead…

This type of a situation of hostile workplaces in the past and likely in the present and even with action in the future must be a continued process of accountability.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, rise in opposition to this postal reform bill not because it does nothing good but because it doesn't do enough. The post office is a constitutionally authorized yet failed organization. It…

Not only do I agree, but I just want to share something about this body. You know, you and I get into elevators and sometimes our colleagues get out of the elevator, particularly if we are not wearing a mask. One of those people, one of my…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The passion with which you speak is the passion that the American people feel right now. One of the things that you said in the mandate that particularly I have seen for the men and women in uniform, for…

I would like to note that today, the reason the Ranking Member is not here is the funeral of Budd Brown...

Now, are gone to paying everyone we can think of except this one loophole.

I'll never forget when President Obama said elections have consequences, and I've never felt it more than today.

As the Chair knows, as Californians, we have a phenomenon, which is the further north you go in California, the more rain you get; the further south you go, the less rain you get.

My office has submitted funding requests for three projects.

In closing, there is a great deal of thank you required today for the little-known Office of the Law Revision Counsel for their hard work. This is tedious to look through changes and their effects and to find the appropriate language…

In support of H.R. 5961, I might take special note that since it affects the Inspector General Act, an act that deserves to be clearly understood and clearly delineated, because nothing could be more important for our government on a daily…

May I inquire whether the majority is prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

It is always good to take yes for an answer. I believe this is an easy ``yes'' bill that has no opponents, but is, in fact, necessary. Mr. Speaker, I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Once again, the minority has not only no objections, but we support this important legislation, thank the office for bringing it to our attention, and move its immediate passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

This is a technical correction bill, but it is well-needed. The minority has not only no objection, but we fully support its passage. I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

As this section for the Judiciary Committee comes to a close, I want to thank the chairman for his hard work and cooperative nature as we went through each and every one of these pieces of legislation, first at the committee and now in the…

It was 16 years ago that we first authorized Johanna's Law, it was a long time ago. I was a fairly junior Member and Congresswoman DeLauro had worked on it for a number of years before that. It is something that today will easily be…

I have always thought, every time a take a sip of coffee, I should probably be off video.

But as effectively happened as a result is, with only a couple of exceptions, no one recognizes Taiwan as an independent country.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As the chair and ranking member said, this is bipartisan, and I am sure will be bicameral, and, in fact, it is necessary because not only is H.R. 1975 necessary in order to put land in trust, but we, for…

If you do not see--if you are not able to review financial disclosures and they are not being produced in a timely fashion, then how do you provide guidance for those who likely should recuse?

If the judge does not do so, it is the right of the American people to insist, based on public disclosure, that the questioning of a judge be done proactively, in real time.

You know, it is one of those, if you will not act, how can we not feel it necessary to create a series of laws that cause you to react in a way that is more than just hoping that a judge, who is perhaps confused, perhaps is misinformed…