Devin Nunes

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Renacci), a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

Sometimes in this body and with the Senate we can sit down for the common good of the American people. Sometimes we can sit down with Democrats and Republicans working together not only in the House but also in the Senate. And also…

Just to clarify the Record here, this has been worked on in a bipartisan way, including the two Senators from Delaware and a Senator from New Jersey, who happen to be Democrats. A lot of the language that was in here was worked out so…

Before I yield to my good friend, who helped coauthor this bill with me, I just have a brief statement. The Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act is a result of close bipartisan collaboration and extensive discussions with the Obama…

I will also submit a letter from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, also in support of this clarification. Chamber of Commerce, United States of America, Washington, DC, April 9, 2014. To the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives: The…

I reserve the balance of my time, Madam Speaker. Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra).

I will also submit a rebuttal argument for the Record so that people can really get to the bottom of this legislation. I want to address some of the misperceptions and concerns that have been raised about this bill. First, this bill has…

I will continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I will yield myself the balance of my time to close, having no further requests for time. I have been an expat. I was in the State Department. The State…

The office found no--and I want to repeat no--substantiating evidence or rationale for the DOD's decision to keep AFRICOM headquarters in Germany.

Amid the challenging budgetary situation now facing the U.S. military, opportunities for significant cost savings have been identified in AFRICOM's operations.

Additionally, GAO estimated that the move would create 4,300 U.S.-based jobs and infuse $350 million to $450 million into the local economy.

The Government Accountability Office, GAO, reported that the transfer would save $60 million to $70 million annually.

I think that if the American taxpayer really knew about this... they would have a big problem with it.

I think the President is on the wrong path that he thinks it is just global warming.

You could build tunnels, you could build canals, you could build dams, but the problem remains that if the Federal laws aren't changed, those could all go unused like they are today.

That is not a result of global warming or drought. It is the result of a government run amok.

The environmental lobby and its allies attribute the current water crisis to historic drought induced by global warming, but they have it wrong.

But government is pushing us into being grasshoppers, a challenge we do not have to be.

If the Governor hasn't figured out what new storage projects have to be built, then I think that any storage that is talked about--and I think everybody in this crowd needs to understand this--that it is only used to pacify those of us who…

For the sake of supposedly persecuted fish species... government authorities have diverted enormous supplies of water from human usage.

The problem is not that the Central Valley is lacking water, it's that we're being deprived of it.

For decades, preposterous environmental regulations have put more and more water off limits to people.

I have been fighting these extremists for more than a decade in Congress, and as long as I am elected I will continue to keep up this fight.

The policies that are affecting this Nation aren't just going to affect California but will affect the entire country, and it holds us back.

I want to reiterate what Mr. McClintock said. This is designed to kill the bill. This is a sneaky little lawyer amendment designed for litigation. This amendment, Valadao amendment, stops all litigation and gives back the people of…