Mike Thompson

We need to look at what the other guys are doing in order to win, and adopt those practices.

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Thompson of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1210 to the Committee on Financial Services with…

And Members, the bill on the floor before us is a rotten deal for all consumers, but it is especially bad for our servicemembers. When you are a servicemember, you are often forced to relocate with little notice. That puts our men and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this piece of legislation and strong opposition to the fact that we are back here again rehashing the same old issues that aren't going anyplace. It has been pointed…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, here we go again. We are only weeks from defaulting on our debt, and this bill does nothing to deal with that. The bill before us today is, essentially, a plan for defaulting on our…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule today and in support of bringing the bipartisan King-Thompson background check bill to the floor for a vote. Let me give you some numbers: 278, the number of…

the Committee passed through the House H.R. 2647, the Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015.

fixing the budget is not the final solution, certainly not the full solution.

the only way urban America thrives is if rural America thrives.

the Obama Administration strongly opposes this legislation.

the Administration has been very vocal for the need to provide more funding to combat wildfires

A nuclear-armed Iran is certainly unacceptable, and there are two ways to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon: diplomacy and military force. As someone who served in combat, I believe our Nation's first choice should always be…

I am a big supporter of telemedicine and telemonitoring.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, he is absolutely correct. In my district, if that freshwater doesn't run through and run out to the ocean, the saltwater runs back in. I have two major cities in my district that rely on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of S. 971, the Medicare Independence at Home Extension Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement Act. As was pointed out, it is a 2-year extension to a very…

Last week, we witnessed an act of pure hatred and evil in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a time to mourn the victims, to pray for their families, for a community to heal, and for Congress to take action against unchecked and…

If we can spend it twice, we can solve a lot of problems.

We, American taxpayers, are subsidizing the European tax rates in large part because of our defense budget.

I concur with the statements previously made by my colleagues and thank both Mr. Brady and Mr. Pitts for working with me on this legislation. As I have stated before, this is a simple, no-cost bill that will improve the current process and…

The only holdback, the only dark spot in all this is the Federal Government's participation.

I think there is one thing that we can all agree on, and that is that Congress is failing the American people in our responsibility to help ensure that we have safe and efficient infrastructure upon which to travel and to move our goods…

I thank Ranking Member Visclosky for giving me the opportunity to discuss something that will assist in our natural disaster response. The Air National Guard employs advanced capabilities to assist in civil search and rescue operations…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Peterson) for yielding and for all of his work on this issue. He has been great at trying to mitigate the problems. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a strong supporter of the idea of country of origin…

Thank you for having the hearing. And thanks for helping to subsidize my California constituents and their health care.