Hank Johnson

I would like to respond. First, in the narrowed circumstances in which an agency may supplement an environmental impact statement under the bill, the lead agency ``may'' solicit comments from agencies and the public for not more than 30…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add, at the end of the bill, the following: (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act or the amendments made…

The purpose of this amendment is simple. It protects the right of the public to comment. This amendment reads: ``Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall have the effect of changing or limiting any law or regulation…

Let's take it back to the year 2011 with the Ryan Budget Control Act, which imposed sequestration on the Federal Government, cutting both defense and nondefense spending 10 percent across the board. We can't have it both ways. If we are…

My friend, Chairman Goodlatte, bemoaned the fact that, over the last 64 straight months of job growth under the Obama administration, wages have remained stagnant. That is true except for the wages of the top 10 percent, and specifically…

On rollcall vote No. 493, I was, unfortunately, detained and missed that rollcall vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

This Confederate flag, which is a symbol of systemic oppression and racial subjugation, was recently lowered in the State of South Carolina. But this same flag, which symbolizes so many inequities in our country, is still flying high in a…

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 18, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 19…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 243, noes 165, not voting 25, as follows: [Roll No. 482] AYES--243…

I often hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle repeat false information, and it is unfortunate that it would be perpetrated that economic growth has been hurt because of an explosion of regulations during the Obama…

This amendment I oppose. It would require agencies to publish in the Federal Register a list of information on which a rule is based, including data, scientific and economic studies, cost-benefit analyses, and where the public can access…

The economic elites who are the patrons of many of my friends across the aisle believe in trickle-down economics, which George Herbert Walker Bush termed to be ``voodoo economics.'' My friends believe that when you put a quarter in the…

How much time is left? The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Maryland has 2 minutes remaining.

I oppose this amendment because it would make the REINS Act thoroughly problematic insofar as the Affordable Care Act is concerned. One of my principal concerns about the REINS Act is it would jeopardize the health and safety of Americans…

This amendment would mandate that the cost-benefit analysis for a proposed rule required by the REINS Act that is submitted to Congress include an analysis of any jobs added or lost as a result of the proposed rule, differentiating between…

And rise in opposition to H.R. 427. Mr. Chair, H.R. 427, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015, otherwise known as the REINS Act, would amend the Congressional Review Act to require that both Houses of Congress…

I would inquire as to how much time remains on both sides. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson) has 13 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) has 14 minutes remaining.

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. 5 Offered by Mrs. Capps The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

My amendment would except from H.R. 427 all rules that the Office of Management and Budget determines would result in net job creation. As with many other deregulatory bills we have considered this Congress, the proponents of H.R. 427…

To the extent that a regulation would or would not present a choice between clean air and dirty air, I think we can all, in unison, conclude that we would come down in favor of clean air. If the choice became whether or not a regulation…

My colleagues have repeatedly argued to the fact that--or to the allegation that the rate of Federal regulations is growing, but a recent report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reported that the length of the Code of…

I will close and just say that this debate has been about whether or not we need a law that would stop Federal rulemaking in its tracks. This debate has been about whether or not, as we move forward into the future, as society advances, as…

I would, at this time, like to thank my chairman, Bob Goodlatte, of the Judiciary Committee, for his expeditious bringing of this legislation to the committee and now to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

A few weeks ago, I came to the floor and said it felt like open season on Black men in America. People around the country agree that the police killings undermine the efforts of good police and break the trust between police and their…

The Southern strategy was and is a Republican strategy of gaining political support for its political candidates by appealing to regional and racial tensions in this country based on the history of slavery, the history of the Civil War…