Tom Latham

Woman, I rise to oppose the gentleman's amendment. This is a minor 1.3 percent increase over the prior year with all of the increase going to uncontrollable costs, such as additional compensable workday, rent and IT maintenance costs…

I'm very pleased that you've read our comments about HUD and the management problems that they've had down there. Obviously, they've got a long way to go. They are making some real strides and improvement. We worked closely with the…

Woman, I rise in opposition to the gentlelady's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa is recognized for 5 minutes.

Due to the hour of the evening, we will accept the amendment. We don't need a lot of discussion. We want to get on with the series of votes, so we will gladly accept the amendment.

Again, I want to congratulate my good friend, Mr. Olver, and second what he said. The staff on both sides does an outstanding job for this subcommittee and for the country. It's a marvel to watch them work together and to come to this…

I am proud to yield 5 minutes to the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).

It takes $5 million from the DOT's Financial Management Capital account and puts it in Operations for Vehicle Safety. Let me say that there is no guarantee that DOT will use this money as the gentleman has talked about. {time} 2010 There's…

I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and therefore it violates clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule states, in pertinent part: ``An…

Chairman Aderholt, thank you very much. I rise in strong support of H.R. 5855, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and I commend the chairman and the ranking member and the staff for doing a really…

I wish to really express my appreciation to the esteemed Chairman, Mr. Tiberi, and Mr. Neal, for holding this hearing to discuss the fate of several expiring tax provisions.

I have long been a supporter of domestic energy resources as a means to support American jobs, decrease our dependency on foreign oil, and to ensure our own energy independence.

I would urge you to consider extending the production tax credit for wind energy.

It is about production. That is what you get the credit on.

I believe the decision would have three significant national security implications.

I am also concerned that changes are being recommended to Congress based purely on meeting the right budget number.

I have been in this business for 37 years and this is the most serious I have ever seen our situation our Nation is in.

It seems to me that pre-disaster mitigation is cheaper than paying the damages afterwards.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Mr. Administrator. Thank you for what you do for a lot of people who have been experiencing real disasters out there.

I was stunned, I guess, in the President's State of the Union that he did not once mention anything about agriculture.

Hopefully, it will get done.

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for this opportunity today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1254, the Synthetic Drug Control Act. This bill addresses an alarming danger to our kids that many American families may not be…

Even with all the devastation brought by this flood, we still don't know the full extent of damage.

When we spend $20 million on fish and birds, more likely than not we end up with a 200 or 300-page study.

Congress and the Corps of Engineers must make the repair a priority to avoid a similar situation occurring next year, or we could be here again.

If we don't tell them, they will slide back to being run by the environmental interests, as opposed to the first priority, which I have heard stated multiple times here: Protect us from the flooding from serious downstream.