Hank Johnson

This is an attack on your ideals. I ask that my colleagues vote against this legislation.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 12, insert ``(A)'' before ``In applying''. Page 3, line 14, insert after ``one or more such…

It is due process that requires Commissioner Koskinen to be allowed to make objections to any evidence.

The effort to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is without precedent in the history of the United States.

This Committee does a grave injustice to the Committee as a hollowed institution by being complicit in the perpetuation of this sham proceeding.

This hearing is therefore simply a total sham.

I just can't believe what I heard the gentleman from Virginia say about the big banks being coddled by the Justice Department, being given a break. So he is complaining that the big banks are being given a break, but then the purpose of…

The last speaker spoke about how the banks, Wall Street banks, are able to get a break from the executive branch when they pay out these settlements, but those are matters of legislative action that has been passed by this Congress which…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 19 Offered by Ms…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 73, line 17, insert ``, consistent with Executive Order 12898,'' after ``implementation''. The Acting…

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 Georgia will be postponed. Vacating Demand for Recorded Vote on Amendment No. 2 Offered by…

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 Georgia will be postponed. {time} 2045 Parliamentary Inquiry

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 Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting…

America is facing so many important issues that need to be addressed that this Congress refuses to address, and so it tenders do-nothing bills like this that are going absolutely nowhere, not going to pass in the Senate, and if it did, it…

We should not give the public the false impression that this is about impeachment. This is about the dog chasing its tail.

And it is only correct that we would do that.

It has been our custom.

We would have to afford that individual the right to counsel, is that not correct?

I mean, you know, a dog has got a flea on its tail, or a tick or something, and it gets so exasperated and wound up that it just starts chasing its tail around.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, lastly, I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their tremendous work on this bill and for the time and energy spent by their staffs. I ask my colleagues to support this bill.

Federal judges who have no constituency have a duty to respect legitimate policy choices made by those who do.

Judicial review of final agency action is a hallmark of administrative law, and is critical to ensuring that agency action does not harm or adversely affect the public.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Lynch amendment. It expands the list of eligible grant uses for the grant program created by H.R. 5046 to include programs that ensure the security of opioids in…

The laser focus of this Task Force is to dismantle guidelines that would provide States greater flexibility in determining its work requirements in the program, and this is nothing more than just conservative politics against poor people.

The Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America lists one overarching theme, which is to establish a more--or to ensure a more perfect union.