Mike Quigley

Last week, the President visited Asia for the first time as Commander in Chief, and took the opportunity, while on foreign soil, to reiterate his America First doctrine. I rise today because an America First doctrine mentality will not…

4 years ago, 26 small children and teachers were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary, and Congress lacked the courage to act. Two years ago, the Emanuel 9 were murdered by a White supremacist, and Congress did nothing. Last year, in a hate…

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…

This type of amendment bluntly imposes cuts to government function without regard to merit or consequence. Indiscriminate cuts to the administration accounts in this bill would lead to weakened cybersecurity and increased threat of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Before Dodd-Frank, consumer protection laws were enforced by a patchwork of different regulations, each focused on their own issues. The CFPB enhanced and simplified consumer regulation, consolidating…

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…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I want to thank Mrs. Lowey and the chairman for their leadership throughout the appropriations process. Mr. Chairman, as ranking member of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee…

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…

Some of us in this room are old enough to remember duck and cover. As kids, the notion was that, if you hid under a half-inch plywood piece of desk under a thermonuclear attack, you would be safe. It is not a particularly rational idea…

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…

A few weeks ago, the President tweeted the word ``covfefe.'' We still don't know what it means, why the President tweeted it, or if it was simply an innocent typo, something we are all guilty of making. But what is more important than the…

Last week, I spent our congressional recess in the Rocky Mountain National Park, home to some of America's most unique and breathtaking natural wonders, in an attempt to better understand the mounting impacts climate change has on our…

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

Today is World Press Freedom Day, a day that deserves commemoration now more than ever. Undermining the credibility of the free press and attempting to turn the American people against the media is reminiscent of authoritarian tactics, not…

There has been a lot going on around here lately. We have been conducting investigations, holding hearings, and some of us have even tried and failed to fundamentally change the way we provide health care in this country. It has been easy…

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.

We have to make a determination of where our priorities are.

Lives are on the line. This is not parks, roads, bridges, or other areas which we take up at the Federal level.