Mike Quigley

And at some point, can you tell us the resources that you are going to spend on North Korea, Iran, Russia, Venezuela and all the other countries that we are concerned about?

The only piece of the sanctions bill that is being completed is, frankly, a laughable report on Russian oligarchs.

The President is effectively telling the world that there are no consequences for attacking our democratic process.

You don't want to give anybody an out because you don't ask a specific enough question.

They wanted transparency on a one-sided basis, and they did it with an extraordinarily flimsy memo.

This is the president of the United States acting to defend himself legally and politically at the expense of our national security and complicit in that is the speaker of the House and Chairman Nunes.

Was any of this done after/during conversation or consultations with anyone in the White House?

We would like to see this under the light of day where members of Congress are allowed to do this. But instead, we rush some material that is basically a lie and it's misleading and it's inappropriate.

This investigation began independently of the Steele dossier. That's as important a statement as I can make.

This is the President of the United States acting to defend himself legally and politically at the expense of our national security.

I think there's a long history leading up to that questioning. It's hard reading the transcript mannerisms. That's why juries don't read transcripts.

The totality of circumstances led me to believe that he wasn't being truthful.

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 Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 205 Offered by Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia The…

Just across-the-board cuts are an abdication of responsibility. It is up to us as appropriators to determine exactly what needs funding and at what levels. For those reasons, I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield…

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 Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 196 Offered by Ms. Norton The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

There have been extraordinary attacks on the IRS Commissioner in a wide variety of ranges, but an amendment similar to this failed last year, which meant there were Republicans who opposed it as well as Democrats. There were attempts to…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

As the designee of Ranking Member Lowey, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

Ideological riders have no place on the appropriations bill. The substance of the amendment should be debated as a stand-alone piece of legislation and under the proper committee of jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the fiscal 2018 Financial…

Respectfully, what the gentleman is talking about has been done many times. Again, in 2013, the Pentagon said we could do this with one-third of the weapons we have now. The cost of restoring a weapon like the B61 is more than its weight…

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 286, line 24, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased $921,000,000)''. Page 297, line 21, after…

Legislation has been introduced in this Congress and last Congress to fix this situation.

The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion... is the most significant source of coverage.

We need to reduce the stigma surrounding substance abuse.

We should be able to react to public health emergencies like they are disasters.