John Garamendi

There is strong exception to that by me and by many others that the court erred.

I come before this committee today in support of H.R. 890, the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2011

I really want to thank the chairwoman for bringing this bill back for a second, maybe even a third time and never give up, never give up.

It is time for the European insurance companies to step up, to honor their claims.

I am so proud of what you and others are doing in Ohio, fighting back against an extraordinarily unfair law that takes away the ability of people to come together and collectively voice their concerns. That's what it's all about. You can…

As I recall, there are 35,000 schools that could be renovated--classrooms, playgrounds, roofs, painting, bathrooms, laboratories--35,000 schools across this Nation.

George Washington's inaugural suit, I'm going to use that. That is a wonderful, wonderful story. I understand the canal system, that was a way of transportation. Infrastructure also came about at that time. I know here in the Potomac River…

I'm absolutely fascinated. I'd heard some of this before, but I'm so happy you brought that to our attention. So since the very first day of this country, we've had a policy in the United States of encouraging manufacturing, making it in…

I want to come back to your Don't Let American Jobs Go Down the Drain Act. I love that title. But even more so, I like what it tries to accomplish. I'm going to come back to it. Our colleague from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky) has also joined…

It is perfectly correct for the Secretary to withdraw this area from mining for the next 20 years.

We could use the spent nuclear fuel and that technology, the integral fast reactor pyroprocessing, also could use the material that does not make it into the existing fuel cycle.

These were private mines that were operated during that period of time in the fifties and that the operators abandoned the mines.

There is a reason why the Navajo Nation has decided not to allow any more exploration in mining on the Navajo Reservation, because they have found it to create health hazards as well as contamination problems.

The proposed action of withdrawal is not yet complete.

It is time for some specifics. What exactly is going to be on the table here?

What exactly can be cut? For example, do we need 5,300 nuclear weapons?

We certainly can rebuild the American manufacturing industry, and there are ways of doing it. That was done in part when the President stepped up using the stimulus money to rebuild General Motors and Chrysler. They're now back, and…

Excuse me. May I interrupt? You and three of your colleagues or four of your colleagues have undertaken a program to try to live on the unemployment insurance?

We can't wait to get a bill out of this House, and hopefully the Speaker will allow us to bring it to the floor. And I can't wait to hear from Mr. Courtney of Connecticut. Mr. Courtney, please join us.

I thank the gentlelady from California so very much for sharing with us the words that she has received from her constituents. I know that for me, and I suspect for many of our colleagues, there are similar words, similar comments to us…

I'd be fascinated to hear. I know that your constituents have been very, very active, and I know that over the years you have been superactive. Please share those tweets with us.

I can go through each one of those numbers that my colleague from the wonderful State of New York talked about. California, similarly, would receive very, very significant benefits. However, we need to look at the reality of what is…

It belongs to us, Americans, and we ought to be getting our full value. This is not an obscure or new provision. This is the standard procedure. We actually use it for oil extraction, except in deep water. It is something that really will…

I am trying to figure out what the heck is going on here.

The East-West show will continue, and the Make It in America agenda will be the American agenda because Americans want to make things in this country. They want to rebuild the manufacturing industry. The President has given us a way to do…