Hal Rogers

I think we all owe thanks to Frank Wolf and Mr. Fattah for all of the work that they have done today. This has been a long, hard slog. There has been dozens of amendments and almost endless debate, but they have stayed at the chore and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding the time. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. I want to congratulate and thank Chairman Wolf and Mr. Fattah, the ranking member, especially, and all the members of the subcommittee and…

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 Kansas will be postponed.

My congressional district, Madam Chairman, encompasses rural parts of southern and eastern Kentucky. The region has historically lagged behind others in the Commonwealth and in the country. Particularly in recent years, as we have reeled…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the 2015 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. I am very happy to be on the floor with this bill today, Mr. Chairman, because it kicks…

I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, we have dozens of historic sites and landmarks that demonstrate our Nation's proud history to thousands of visitors every year. I am pleased…

I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to again rise in support of this bill, H.R. 4152, a bill that I did introduce and that the House originally passed almost a month ago to provide loan guarantees for…

Well, I hope you realize that that rule is going to have a tough time up here, and to get the money to enforce it is going to have an even tougher time, so thank you.

The economic impact of that kind of a power grab would be absolutely profound.

This is a dramatic change in current law.

I am absolutely amazed that this big a change would be proposed with hardly any consideration apparently on the Corps' part on all these things.

This committee was able to provide every facet of the Federal Government with adequate, responsible funding, while continuing to reduce Federal spending.

It is being taught in the schools, and it is being taught in the marketplace and on the square and every other place, and it is being done with relish, incitement.

Each of these unique situations calls for strong U.S. leadership, and in particular, we are all concerned these days, of course, about Ukraine and its territorial integrity.

We are determined to pass all 12 individual bills this year, to save you the tyranny of these continuing resolutions.

No moneys can be delivered to the PA until you certify that they are fighting against incitement.

This, I think very, very thoughtfully on the part of the chairwoman and Ms. Lowey, a very thoughtful process by which pressure can be brought to bear.

Unquestionably, this return to regular order is critical to crafting bills that wisely expend taxpayer dollars.

the reality is that we need to tackle our mandatory spending programs, where two-thirds of spending is now located, the real driver of our debt.

the PA especially, is teaching and preaching hatred of the Israelis, and that has got to be a major stumbling block to your efforts to bring a peace agreement about.

But now they are switching to using heroin, an opioid, obviously. And the rise in heroin abuse now is what the Attorney General yesterday called, quote, 'an urgent public health crisis,' end of quote.

I fear this budget request undermines that duty with the same budget gimmicks, unauthorized legislative proposals, and cuts to frontline security operations that we have sadly come to expect under this administration.

Any program that spends money we want to know about, we are entitled to know about, and demand to know about.

Your budget would put Coast Guard at a 5-year low in cocaine interdiction--a 5-year low.

And yet, to combat this urgent public health crisis, in your budget you proposed cutting the Coast Guard drastically--the one agency that can protect our shorelines against this invasion of a health crisis that we are undergoing.