Cliff Stearns

The gentlelady from California knows full well--she serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee--all during the markup of ObamaCare we had an alternative health plan. I'm proud to cosponsor this bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act…

a little nudge from this committee with legislation will create a nudge of billions of dollars out there in the audience.

On rollcall No. 419, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

My colleagues, this reauthorization of the FDA's user fees will provide stability for the FDA's new product review as companies submit new and innovative drugs, medical devices, and biologics for approval. I am especially proud that my…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

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 Florida will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

How much time, Mr. Chairman, do I have left? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 30 seconds remaining.

I rise to offer an amendment on behalf of myself, Mr. Scalise of Louisiana, Mrs. Adams of Florida and Mr. Broun of Georgia. My colleagues, this simple amendment will prohibit the Department of Energy from using any funds included in this…

On rollcall No. 313 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Ms. Hahn The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns). The amendment was agreed to.

I thank the gentleman for his suggestions. I am just going to go with my amendment at this point. Having an opportunity to look this over, I think we have talked to the veterans committee, and we think it is a viable amendment. I think…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I am not going to take the full 5 minutes. My amendment is pretty simple. It will prohibit funds from being paid as bonuses to employees that are classified in the Senior Executive Service. What we found when we looked at this, the…

Let me say to the gentlelady and to Mr. Johnson and Mr. Nadler: This is a war on ethics or WOE. You talk about a war on women. This is a war on ethics. Woe to you if you vote against this bill. Mr. Nadler was down here talking about this…

I thank my colleague. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill. It streamlines, as mentioned, eight separate congressionally mandated reports into one, a single comprehensive report. As chairman of the Energy and Commerce…

I thank Chairman King for the time. I also rise today in strong support of H.R. 3670, a bill introduced by my good friend, Mr. Walz from Minnesota. This bill extends reemployment protections to employees of the Transportation Security…

I'll close using such time as I may consume to say: This is a very important bill. Mr. Turner just touched on something that I think I want to bring up again. This, the language in this bill, has passed the House on seven separate…

I want to promote the unified, bipartisan message against international regulation of the Internet.

The authorization of the FDA user fees will simply provide stability at FDA's new product review as companies submit new and innovative devices and drugs for their approval. I'm especially proud that in this bill I had a piece of…

We should give advantage in the job market for these people either through tax credits...

the bottom line is veterans, almost 200,000, are not getting serviced.

I thank my distinguished colleague, and let me just say to the gentleman from California, who is just getting ready to leave the floor, when he mentioned that Republicans are going to prevent tobacco prevention of our youth today, he and I…

But the point is that you folks are not accurately portraying what this bill does, so I support H.R. 4628. I agree with Secretary Sebelius, the slush fund will not affect women, families, and children. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack)…

Last week, April 17, was Tax Day, when all hardworking Americans must file their taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Ironically enough, April 17 was also Tax Freedom Day, the day when Americans earn just about enough earned income to…

I think just simply lowering the corporate tax code and prioritizing the need for a skilled workforce would help.