Richard B. Nugent

A number of issues that my good friend from Colorado brought up cover both bills, actually. One, obviously, is the Minnesota bill as relates to public education. That was passed by the Minnesota State Legislature in a bipartisan way, and…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, I've heard my good friend from Colorado. Maybe he wasn't serving on the Judiciary Committee this summer, but prior to this being vetted within the Judiciary Committee, all the members…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, we have heard a lot, particularly as it relates to FISA. I want to clarify and make sure everyone understands that the FAA authorizes the targeting of non-U.S. citizens who are…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 773 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 773 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis) pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I certainly do appreciate the gentleman's comments because, as a former law enforcement officer, I want to make sure that we protect Americans. But I'm not so sure I want to protect those in foreign countries that are not Americans, those…

I want to thank my good friend and fellow Rules Committee member Tim Scott for allowing me to speak on this very important issue. This rule does something that is decades overdue. It puts the Nation on a path to comprehensive tax reform…

This is such an important issue, Madam Speaker. This is about the future of America. This is about how we move forward. Ways and Means has had 20 committee hearings already on this issue. One of my favorites was on the Fair Tax, which is…

What has changed in America since that increase, or the 2001-2003 tax decrease, was passed by the democratically-controlled Congress in 2010? What has changed? You heard from my good friend Mr. Gowdy that nothing has changed. Now we are…

I thank my friend. H.R. 8 will prevent real hardworking Americans from getting hit with history's largest tax increase. We have an obligation to make sure that we do this. If we extend it for a year, it gives us the opportunity. It has…

This is--from a leadership executive position, this is really a damning report in regards to the leadership of the Library of Congress.

Where in the leadership team has this broken down? I mean, there has got to be accountability here somewhere.

I want to thank the gentleman from Dallas, my Rules Committee colleague, Pete Sessions, for yielding me the time. Over the past couple of years, I've met with thousands of people in Florida's Fifth Congressional District, whether it's…

I will continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, can I inquire of the gentleman from Florida how many more speakers he has, because we have no more speakers on this side but myself.

We have no more speakers. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, there isn't a single person in this House who doesn't honor the service of Agent Terry. There isn't a single person in this House who…

I just want to make it very clear that the House rules of article XI talk about, specifically, j(1) as it relates to the rights of the minority. But you have to ask for that. A majority of the minority has to ask for it. It has to be…

This is about Agent Terry, who gave his life for this country. This is about what this government has done not to expose the truth but to block the truth. This is about calling on the Attorney General to follow the Constitution. It's about…

I would like to inquire how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 10 minutes remaining.

The gentleman from Massachusetts made a statement. This is about a contempt citation because the Attorney General has not provided all the information the committee has asked for. Out of 140,000 pages--by his own testimony in front of…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts, my colleague on the Rules Committee, Mr. McGovern, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 708 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 708 Resolved, That if House Report 112-546 is called up by direction of the…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Speier).

I think we can all agree that the integrity of our elections is of fundamental importance to our democracy. We need to ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote has the ability to vote, and those that are ineligible to vote are stopped…

I first want to thank my friend, Mr. Scott, and fellow Rules Committee member, for allowing me time to speak on this important issue. This rule brings to the floor a series of health issues that I hear about every day from constituents…