If taken to an extreme, someone who is a leader and has a religious component to his or her life... to not be able to ever discuss that would be dishonest.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Warren, one of the concerns I have with the VA's ability to safeguard our veterans' personal information...

You are adding to what the law says though.

As long as poor performance has been documented, I believe and I think the committee believes there is no need for a five-day notice period.

In the view of this Member of Congress, you send the right message to the country, to veterans, and to poorly performing employees by removing them, not giving them an additional appeals process of five days and not setting up a new layer…

I thank the chairman for recognizing me and for his contribution to energy and other policies of our country over many years. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the bipartisan H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and…

If we see further destabilization of these countries, that will create a global problem that will ripple out everywhere.

I would certainly hope the President would not take that off the table.

This is a bloodthirsty group, and the beheading of two Americans is a horrible situation and was one of the real reasons why I supported the President's plan.

I have enjoyed working with him these last 4 years. Many times we have agreed on issues. Many times we have not agreed on issues. But that is how our system works.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the amendment to H.R. 5404 would extend a number of expiring current authorities and critical programs at both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor. These…

I have no further speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

We have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I too encourage all Members to support H.R. 4276, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn) that the House suspend the…

I too thank the gentlewoman from Arizona once again for her bipartisan support of this good piece of legislation. I urge all of my colleagues in the U.S. House to support H.R. 3593, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The…

Mr. McDonald, that is why I want you to take some action, because that is part of the culture.

I thank the gentlewoman. I too urge all Members of the House to support H.R. 5404, as amended. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Salmon). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Colorado…

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for her support of this good piece of legislation. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Coffman), who is a member of the VA committee, a subcommittee chairman of the committee…

I too urge all Members to support S. 2258, and I yield back the balance of my time.

the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, introduced by our former committee colleague from New Mexico, Mr. Lujan, and cosponsored by the Representative from Wyoming, Mrs. Lummis.

I hear from veterans all the time that they are amazed that no one in Phoenix has been fired.

H.R. 5176, solves a long-standing Department of the Interior obligation to the Navajo Nation to transfer lands selected by the Navajo Nation in trust for the Navajo.

There are a lot of things we could talk about, but the need at the moment is to try to get to the bottom of what the details are surrounding this Inspector General's report that has just come out.

I think about this--my father-in-law was a prisoner of war, he had post-traumatic stress, he was shot down in World War II.

the Data Preservation Act of 2014, introduced by the gentleman from Michigan, Dr. Benishek;