I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as…

So this alternative dispute resolution would be valuable to providers in particular if it was a decision that was going to be made swiftly.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 21, line 2, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $30,935,000)''. Page 59, line 20, after the dollar amount…

It is not often that I can use a passage from the Bible to describe an appropriations bill, but the money- wasting allocation of funds in this bill is perfectly described by the Gospel of Matthew. It observes: For whoever hath, to him…

We have been having a raging debate in this House over the Ex-Im Bank. Many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are screaming that that is, in fact, corporate welfare. Well, when the three largest oil companies in this…

In fact, your reference to public health is worth restating.

Thank you, Administrator McCarthy, for being here.

So this is a problem we should be looking. Maybe this committee could undertake something that was constructive in nature and look at all of these agencies and whether or not there is sufficient backup of documentation.

I just wanted to point out on behalf of our colleague, Mrs. Maloney, that her point was that 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s are tax exempt, not that the donors' contributions necessarily are tax exempt.

the Speaker of this House today admonished all of us that we need to show respect to all the witnesses who come before us.

I find that pretty preposterous that we would have that kind of presumption.

So what is the harm done at this point in granting these pending applications and having a claw-back opportunity, if in fact it is determined that they are not legitimate?