I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. Madam Speaker, 1998 was the last time the Workforce Investment Act was authorized. I recall I was on the State board of education in Colorado in 2000 and 2006. As the act expired in 2003, they…

I am happy to further yield to the gentleman from Virginia. How many of those agents would be alive today with their families? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan controls the time.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. The DEA folks on the ground in Afghanistan deal with opium and heroin production, not marijuana. My remarks were with regard to marijuana. In addition, with regard to the head of the DEA, she may, in…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. Chair, very clearly there are two issues here. Why are we plussing up an agency above their own request level for a vague bureaucratic purpose--that is question number one--when other agencies are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 32, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from…

I am pleased to join my colleague from Georgia (Mr. Broun) to offer this bipartisan and commonsense amendment. The underlying CJS appropriations bill provides $2.42 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration's salaries and expenses…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania as well as the gentlewoman from Oregon and the gentleman from Kentucky. I am very pleased to support both this amendment as well as a very similar one along with Representatives Massie…

I would like to know if anybody in this body can answer the question and tell the surviving husband, the surviving wife, a 10-year-old child who lost their father to a failed Federal policy, how many of those agents would be alive today if…

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 Colorado will be postponed.

I am very concerned with regard to the House CJS appropriations bill and the drastic cuts to climate research. The House bill provides for $69 million below the President's request and $37.5 million below the 2014 level. These cuts…

I thought, perhaps, they had been holding their tongues all along, wanting to speak after ours. Very well then. I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I am grateful that this rule does include several…

I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Florida if he has any additional speakers.