Hal Rogers

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 231, nays 192, not voting 8, as follows: [Roll No…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mr. Rogers of Kentucky moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to House Joint Resolution 59 with…

This continuing resolution we spent the last hour debating is absolutely necessary to keep the lights on in our government. A shutdown is not what our businesses need, not what our troops need, not what our people need, and not what our…

First, I want to thank the gentleman from Colorado for all of his efforts to help Colorado through all of this turmoil, a terrible disaster, and to recover from the flooding, especially. I am aware of the dire need to help Colorado and…

I withdraw my reservation on the point of order, and I rise in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation is withdrawn. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Might I inquire as to the time remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 3 minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from New York has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding this time. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of this, the DOD appropriations bill. This bill provides more than $512 billion in base funding for our national security and military efforts, and $85.8…

The massive, irresponsible, dangerous reductions to Defense spending under the sequestration cap is completely beyond the pale. For example, if nothing is done to cancel the next round of sequestration cuts that are scheduled to take…

It is a sort of a mini industrial complex syndrome that has set in there. And we're going to have to guard against it every step of the way.

Woman, I rise only to say thank you to the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Frelinghuysen, who has been in this seat now for 38 days it seems like, but the entire time of this bill. He has not taken a break for any reason during the…

Woman, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

American coal families are under attack, not from a foreign power or a natural disaster, but by an administration that has resolutely, perversely, and now overtly proposed to end coal mining and coal-fired power generation in these United…

I thank the chairman for yielding me the time. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. First, I'd like to thank our colleagues for their careful consideration yesterday of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations…

I thank the chairman for the generous introduction. I rise in support of this, the first of 12 appropriations bills that I hope to bring to the floor under regular order. Although we received the President's budget nearly 2 months beyond…

Of course the enemies list out of the White House that IRS was engaged in shutting down or trying to shut down the conservative political viewpoint across the country, an enemies list that rivals that of another President some time ago.

Drugs misused are a recipe for disaster.

The Centers for Disease Control calls prescription drug abuse an epidemic. It is killing more people than car wrecks, especially young people.

We want to be sure that the same standards are applied to generics and others as was applied to OxyContin.

I can't imagine why we would want to keep 'moderate pain' labeling for such a dangerous drug that has proven a killer around the country.

This budget request is woefully late and won't get our Nation back on solid financial footing.

I think it has misled doctors and patients that it is not as addictive a drug as it really is.

Congressman Frank Wolf and I, 10 years ago, came up to FDA and testified about this very issue of removing 'moderate' on the label.

I salute you for that. That will keep very dangerous drugs off of the street and out of our kids' hands.

There is a growing consensus, I think, out there to do this and do it now.