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Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving in the House of Representatives from January 3, 2008, until January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented California's 14th congressional district. Speier is known for her advocacy on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and gun control. She gained national attention for her work on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and her efforts to address military sexual assault. Speier's political career began in the California State Assembly, where she served from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the U.S. Congress.
My amendment enhances the derivations proceedings provision in the first-inventor-to-file section of the bill. As we know, the U.S. Patent Office is a vital tool that facilitates universities and businesses of all sizes to turn ideas and…
I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Hastings of Florida The CHAIR. It is…
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 2 (and redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly). The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution…
This should be one card. We shouldn't have to have a HazMat card, a something card, a port card, a State card.
In 1949 over disputes on land grants, the Congress decided to create what are called Alaska Native Corporations. There are some 200 of them that exist today. When they started out, they received moneys that were small in nature, but…
We have all witnessed an absolute employment disaster in this country. Last month, we found that the manufacturing sector slowed again. In fact, the number of Americans involved in producing goods is near its lowest point since World War…
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…
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), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds…
Let me start by asking you, the House is presently considering a $1 billion cut to the DHS budget.
I look forward to working with you to continue the subcommittee's long history of oversight over the critical mission
You know, we have all heard the jokes about how many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Well, I have a variation on that this morning. How many seniors have to lose their Medicare in order to provide a $104,000 tax cut per year…
I rise regretfully this morning and sadly this morning to discuss what I believe is a true transgression that took place in our House yesterday. I was appalled by the behavior displayed by the chairman of the Subcommittee on TARP and…
I would like to submit for the record a letter signed by 54 of my colleagues and myself asking both Attorney General Holder and Chairman Gensler to immediately start an investigation of price speculation.
I thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this legislation. Gas prices are approaching $5 a gallon, millions of Americans are looking for work, and we're busy turning the Tax Code into a moral club. Forget…
At the outset, let me say the following: As a member of the Democratic Caucus, there have been times in the past when I have supported Republican motions to recommit. I have done it a number of times, I confess. I am speaking to my…
I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…
I am opposed to the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Speier moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same…
We say we have spent over a trillion dollars in the last 10 years in Iraq and Pakistan, we have spent close to $20 billion in Pakistan, and we had to go in ourselves to take out bin Laden.
The death of bin Laden, as many have stated, marks a monumental achievement in our Nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda.
The Kabuki dance is almost over, and like many of you, I'm wondering if we have lost our senses. By all reports by Leader Reid and Speaker Boehner, they are very close. It's not about money. Do you know what it's about? It's about…
We have spent billions and billions of dollars in that region supporting dictators.
This week the House will consider a misguided and dangerous bill to repeal the Clean Air Act standards that protect Americans from big polluters. Republicans are calling this bill the Energy Tax Prevention Act, except there is nothing to…
Tomorrow, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing that will actually have the potential to make our Nation less safe. The title of the hearing is ``The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community,'' but…
I find this hearing to be grossly incomplete, and I feel that without the representation of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Department of Justice, we are seeing a very skewed discussion.
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