John Rutherford

Our founding fathers understood that. That is why they gave individuals the 2d Amendment right to protect themselves.

I first want to congratulate my colleague, Miss Rice, for what I think is a great bill that is going to bring some accountability to TSA. Once again, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Official time is not working, Mr. Chairman. It is evidenced by wait lines.

I think the bill is absolutely necessary.

Once again, I just urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1294. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Emmer). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rutherford) that…

I mean, I am simply trying to find out who is running the VA; is it union members or is it VA management?

I want to congratulate Mrs. Watson Coleman on a very commonsensical bill here that is really going to help protect tax dollars and help keep our country safe. Mr. Speaker, I once again urge all my colleagues to support H.R. 1297, and I…

Official time has failed the VA. It is failing our veterans every day.

I thank my colleague from Tennessee for this opportunity. I rise today, Mr. Chairman, in support of H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act, because our veterans deserve to receive the best care possible, and our VA personnel deserve to…

Tonight I rise to speak of fairness, to speak of equity, to speak of parity for America's hardworking taxpayers. I want to talk about bringing parity between Americans who get their insurance coverage through their employer and those who…

You must be a real man of action, because that mental health--service dogs for the mentally ill... you have done it like in 30 days.

I want to salute, Madam Chairman, the United States Navy who made the decision just yesterday to locate the MQ4C Triton Program in Jacksonville at the Mayport Naval Station.

I'd like to request from Mr. Cox, if you could, send me in writing what the total official time pool is for VA.

I always felt like everyone should have that due process that, if I followed it as an administrator, I could get rid of bad employees.

So there's a million hours being used, and nobody knows what the pool is?

But they have to listen to the people on the ground at the local level of what they see their needs are.

I appreciate your service through all of that.

If you do something you get money.

I think it would be wise to highlight for them exactly what that impact would be.