Sam Farr

On rollcall No. 182, I would have voted ``nay'' had the Speaker allowed me to vote at the well. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

I bring to you an ask in the wake of yet another tragic shooting at a military installation and solemnly come before you today to ask for your support in helping prevent such catastrophic events from occurring by fully funding the ACES…

You might want to bring all three of those departments into your office and see if you can clean it up.

The Secretary was in here suggesting that the unfunded balance--the unspent balance every year of the USDA ought to be rolled over into a capital outlay fund.

I think this subject matter, I mean, it probably isn't controversial, so it doesn't attract a lot of people to come in, but it is--to me, our investment in research, America's investment in research, is probably the distinguishing factor…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I echo your accolades for the fine work that the committee has done.

I hope that our committee will follow your request and fully fund you.

I think I am just trying to plead with my committee members and our colleagues that this is really an important responsibility.

You know, we are supposed to fix things that are broken, and we learned that this was broken and it had a very serious, detrimental effect to the American economy.

A thriving fishing community both benefits local economies and encourages active stewardship of the resource.

Thank you very much, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for getting us back into regular order. I really praise the work of this committee. I am proud to be on it. I am proud of the ranking member in bringing this to fruition. Madam Speaker…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling and for bringing this bill to the floor. I am so proud that this bill is being brought to the floor by a Kennedy. President Kennedy appealed to the youth of this country with his inaugural…

As we reflect on the 50 years since the passing of President Kennedy, I want to reissue that thought about call for service. He struck me in his inaugural address of asking not what this country can do for you, but what you can do for the…

I think when Kennedy made that call of, Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country, it really stimulated young people all across America to thinking about service.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Congresswoman Davis, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of, obviously, the legislation I have authored, but I really appreciate the statements that have been made here about General Gourley…

Thank you, Congressman Mica, for yielding. Madam Speaker, I feel it is a very special privilege to be able to pay honor to our colleagues here. I think of Bill Young as being one of the lions, one of the giants of this institution, because…

I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. I think there is a little misunderstanding here. This is not about a new agency or giving…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is very destructive to a very good policy that was created by this House by the Committee on Natural Resources when, back in the late nineties, all of the Federal…

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 Texas will be postponed. Amendments En Bloc Offered by Mr. Shuster

I thank Congressman Price for yielding. I was sitting in my office listening to this, and I realized that what our sessions are about are telling the American people some of the truth some of the time. The truth of the matter is that this…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 252, noes 172, not voting 7, as follows: [Roll No. 537] AYES--252…

The gentleman has voted for CRs 19 times since President Obama has been in office, with the whole enchilada, passing them without rancor, without asking the President to negotiate. So there's no reason we can't do that tonight. I yield 2…

how much time do both sides have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 9 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Alabama has 11 minutes remaining.

Last Saturday, we agreed to pay our workers furloughed during the shutdown. I supported that bill. But what sense does it make to have workers paid to sit at home and not be able to do their jobs? What kind of strange House is this that…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Farr moves to recommit the joint resolution H.J. Res. 77 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the…