Salud Ortiz Carbajal

I would like to thank Ranking Member Smith, Chairman Thornberry, and the committee staff for working with me to include language that brings attention to the threat of nuclear proliferation. Currently, nine countries possess over 15,000…

We are sending our sons and daughters into theaters of war without fully functioning equipment and inadequate training.

We can't spend on everything. Training should be a top priority.

I thank Mr. Lipinski for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, we are out of time to debate the reality of climate change. Its effects are already here. Recently, each year has brought with it record-breaking droughts, hurricanes, and natural…

I thank Ranking Member Yarmuth for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, snake oil is all that this Republican budget will give to the American middle class and working families. This Republican budget before Congress is squarely aimed at ramming…

Today I rise in disbelief that this Congress has shamefully allowed the Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, to expire earlier this week. CHIP provides healthcare to 8.9 million low-income children in our country and to over 2…

This budget completely ignores a balanced approach to achieving fiscal sustainability and stacks the deck even higher against middle class families, seniors, and students. Mr. Chair, I reject today's Republican budget and ask my colleagues…

I thank Chairman Conyers for yielding to me. Madam Speaker, today I rise for Katie in California and in support of women everywhere who have relied on access to safe abortion procedures in their lifetime. When Katie and her husband found…

I do not know if we have the will to fight this war to the end.

Essentially, we didn't know our enemy.

I believe the American people deserve to know why additional troops are being sent back to Afghanistan.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. {time} 2230 amendment no. 59 offered by mr. perry The Acting…

I will note that oil platforms off California's coast are already permitted to dump 9 billion gallons of wastewater, including fracking chemicals, into the ocean each year. Fracking increases air pollution and can expose coastal…

I am offering my amendment on behalf of my constituents on the central coast of California. It simply prevents the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing any new permits that would allow companies to use hydraulic fracturing or…

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 division A (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

In the past 5 years, the DACA program has given nearly 800,000 young men and women who came here as children, and have only known the United States as their home, a shot at the American Dream. It rightfully allowed them to come forward to…

I am offering an amendment to ensure we are taking the appropriate steps to improve pipeline safety to mitigate some of the devastating impacts of oil spills throughout our Nation. This is a particularly important issue for my constituents…

If the amendment is in order to be accepted, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Carbajal). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 38…

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 1201, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''…

I want to thank all of my colleagues for their leadership and work on this important amendment to strike this harmful rider, to prevent implementation of the National Ocean Policy. The National Ocean Policy ensures we are able to implement…

As we prepare to vote on the final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act I am extremely concerned about the lack of discussion and debate on the issue of Russia. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have heard…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in part B of House…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to the committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. My request today is simple: to provide our firefighters with…

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. This will be a…

Before I proceed, I wanted to take a quick few seconds to thank and recognize Chairman Thornberry and Ranking Member Smith as a freshman member of the 115th Congress. It has been refreshing to see such bipartisan tone in leadership, so I…