Jeff Denham

This bill stops that.

System-wide, this will save the VA millions of dollars each year and directly improve safety and healthcare for our veterans.

This bill seeks to further close the gap between transitioning members and the VA by helping them occupy positions currently in demand at the Department.

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 30, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the following: (1) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating…

The Denham-Costa amendment makes permanent authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to enter cost recovery agreements for evaluation and processing of permits for public utility, natural gas companies, and railroad carriers. The goal…

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 title I, insert the following: SEC. 1__. JUDICIAL REVIEW FOR PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano).

Let me just say, Mr. DeFazio has said this is very broad. It is very, very succinct. Title 49, section 31502 is the law. The regulation is 40 CFR 395. This is very, very tight compared to 1994, when the Democrats had control of the House…

I sadly rise today with fellow colleagues because we lost a friend way too soon. Rick Antle was an ag visionary, community leader, family man, and to Sonia and I, a mentor and a friend. His passion and dedication made him not only a leader…

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 title V, insert the following: SEC. 5__. FEDERAL AUTHORITY. (a) In General.--Section 14501(c)…

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act builds on important emergency management reforms that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee produced in the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act. Representing a neighboring district to the California…

Real quickly, let me just explain what the F4A Denham amendment does. This clarifies the intent of the 1994 FAA bill; thus, how it got its name, the F4A. It created one Federal regulatory standard for meal and rest breaks or hours of…

Let me just, in closing, say my wife and I extend our condolences and prayers for Rick's loving wife, his mother, their children and grandchildren. On behalf of all who knew him and benefited from his tireless efforts, we thank them for…

I would like to yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Panetta).

I thank Chairman Reichert of the Subcommittee on Trade for yielding and for his work on this important issue. Protecting Americans' personally identifiable information has been hotly debated in the Halls of Congress this month. Last week…

This is an important law that will reform the Surface Transportation Board to work more efficiently to better regulate the railroads.

Our previous Tax Code was ineffective and outdated. For too long, Americans' history of entrepreneurs and aspiring job creators has been in jeopardy. The United States now ranks 12th worldwide in business openings. For the first time in 35…

My amendment would ensure that the Department of Justice takes appropriate actions to provide ADA compliance materials for businessowners whose primary language is not English. As a Representative from California's Central Valley, my…

I agree that the final deadline should be 2018. This has gone on for 10 years now.

Today, I rise to honor a true friend and advocate of agriculture. For the past 8 years, Paul Wenger has led the California Farm Bureau with passion and dedication, ensuring that one of our State's most vital industries remains at the…

Flexibility of this kind would expedite the permitting process in constructing important infrastructure projects faster, saving taxpayer dollars and growing the economy.

In the 114th Congress, I introduced H.R. 2497, the NEPA Reciprocity Act.

This legislation is not going to solve all of our problems for California's Central Valley, but it will help us with the challenges we are facing with relicensing. We can do things better, we can do them more efficiently, and we can…

This week, we will see on the floor the Championing Healthy Kids Act. It will include a number of different reforms, which will include the Children's Health Insurance Program, the CHAMPION Act, and my bill, the CARE Act. We must increase…

I rise this morning because the House must continue its work to reform and reauthorize the FAA. We have got to pass H.R. 2997, the 21st Century AIRR Act. Thirty years ago--30 years ago--the FAA identified the need to modernize or upgrade…