Jerry Moran

This is unbelievable. All we need is less than 20 Republicans and we can open up the government today. You will have the Democrats voting to open up the government. Just give us 20 Republican votes and we can open it today. Instead…

I suspect we have an agreement that what we need to do is to pass a clean CR, and that fixes the whole problem so we don't have to do these little bills one after the other. That's what we need, a clean CR.

I thank my very good friend. As my friend understands, the reason why the World War II Memorial was closed down was for security reasons so that no one can damage it because there are no employees able to protect it. But I really ask…

Even after we exempt national parks, 81 percent of the entire Interior Department will be furloughed. I yield the remaining 30 seconds to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter).

There are millions of visitors every year to the Bureau of Land Management. And yet the entire BLM is closed down because of the shutdown. I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the distinguished ranking…

Today 30 child cancer patients were turned away from NIH's clinical center because three-quarters of the staff was furloughed. With that, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews). (Mr. ANDREWS asked and…

It is with great pleasure that I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the very distinguished minority leader.

Let me ask my very good friend from Georgia if he knows why over in the Senate the minority has insisted upon the cloture rule; in other words, filibustering the appropriation rules, and why they have not appointed conferees to the budget…

Since I have only 1\1/2\ minutes, I think I'll let the gentleman from Georgia yield to further speakers, but I do want to ask if the gentleman would yield some time, though, if he has time available, to engage in a colloquy. But on his…

I want to associate myself with the comments of my good friend from Virginia (Mr. Wolf). I completely agree with him that we want both DOD personnel and the personnel of our other Federal agencies to be able to continue to come to work. I…

I thank the Committee leadership for their dedication and cooperation, and I yield the Floor. ____________________

I rise to echo the Senator from Connecticut's comments and to ask the Committee leaders for one more clarification. The issue is the definition of ``excess refining capacity'' and its requirement that it be made available at commercially…

What the FCC does has a huge consequence on the ability for us to grow our economy, put people to work, pursue the American dream.

It is a significant one. Deadline is looming, and no way foreseeable that we're going to meet that deadline.

I'll change my speech and remarks to 'simplicity and certainty,' because you make a--it's a very valid point.

I think you're one of the most important agencies of the Federal Government.

This is destructive because it punishes the Iranian people and empowers the hard-liners. We have no problem with punishing the clerical government and many of the people in the military. They don't represent our values, but we want the…

It is disappointing to me that my colleague and friend, Senator Coons, is not available for us to do this jointly.

As you just heard from Senator Moran, the use of MLPs and REITs would give renewable energy developers access to much greater pools of capital, and they would no longer have to pay scarcity prices.

The United States is experiencing a resurgence--and Senator Cornyn talked about what is happening in the private sector.

Address barriers to industry progress and pass Senator Moran's and Senator Coons's MLP Parity Act

We just approved $260 million in the defense authorization bill for Guantanamo. In addition, we approved another $186 billion to construct a new temporary facility, almost half a billion dollars, in addition to what we're now spending…

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 Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Terry The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 8107, 8108, and 8109. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 312, the gentleman…

I hope that the stories that I have read that GSE reform is the next step in this Committee are accurate.