Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, can you tell me how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 11 minutes remaining.
Norma Torres
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Norma Judith Torres is a U.S. Representative for California's 35th congressional district, having served since January 13, 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, she has a strong background in public service and community activism. Torres has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development throughout her tenure in Congress. She has been an advocate for immigrant rights and has worked to address the needs of her constituents in the diverse communities of her district.
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Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Nolan), the sponsor of this legislation.
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 2768 names two peaks in the Uncompahgre National Forest in Colorado after Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff. Fowler and Boskoff were world-class rock climbers whose…
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2615 is a simple bipartisan bill that authorizes the exchange of two small parcels of land to provide needed access for our veterans in Mississippi. The Veterans of…
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3115 authorizes a land exchange between the Forest Service and PolyMet Mining. PolyMet will acquire land within Minnesota's Superior National Forest to pursue the…
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum). Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 3115, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017. This bill mandates an exchange of…
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this bill could not be more straightforward. H.R. 995 would require the USDA and the Department of the Interior to change the terminology used to describe the racial…
Nov 28, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, passage of H.R. 1491, which I am proud to cosponsor, will clear the way for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to finally provide additional Tribal housing for their…
Nov 1, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. There are laws on the books that stand in the way of true tribal self-determination and self-governance. One of those laws is Public Law 80-846, known commonly as the 1948 Act. The…
Nov 1, 2017
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 2600 authorizes the conveyance to the State of Iowa the reversionary interest on the Western Historic Trails Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1989, Congress authorized the…
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