That does sound like a payday loan proposition there. That is not much progress, is it?

So thank you for the question. The report coming up in 2015 will be the first time that we will be using that definition

It looks like it is that way here.

It is a great accomplishment when a school is honored for having a principal of the year or a teacher of the year or even a student of the year. A.C. Steere Elementary School in Shreveport has all three. Congratulations to Principal Kim…

This committee has been pulling in its collective hair out, really, trying to get the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to put attention on the nuclear security enterprise.

I think that is extremely dangerous in the kind of world that we live in if an enemy somehow feels like maybe our capacity or our intent is not up to par.

I would call it shameful, but it is more terrifying than that.

Jobs, health care, health insurance, and the First Amendment are all on the line this week when the Supreme Court hears about the threats posed by the Obama administration's HHS mandate. The question is simply this: Can the government use…

I think that is--that very quickly tramples the First Amendment rights of our certainly our airmen

It doesn't appear, at least thus far, that the directives have addressed this at all.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of the bill, add the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 805…

In closing, I would like to just say that the people of Louisiana want to see this Forest Service ban overturned. This was a decision made outside of our borders. In effect, if you will, even though the people of Louisiana were asked and…

My amendment today maintains the State of Louisiana's ability to regulate hunting within its borders. In a decision announced March 1, 2012, the Forest Service Regional Forester located way over in Atlanta, Georgia, went over the heads of…

I thank the gentleman, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, we have…

I would like to address the issues brought up here. First of all, the gentleman said there were multiple complaints. This was studied considerably. There was 1,237 responses to a request in 2009, and by October 6, we found that there were…

The reported incidents of censoring speech and religious practice are a DOD problem, not the burden of service members to prove why they should be able to speak or honor their faith.

I feel very good about the fact that there has not been a single complaint or problematic complaint with proselytizing.

We definitely need to repeat this hearing and perhaps at the full committee level.

The intent of Congress in the FY13 and FY14 NDAA was not that religious expression through speech and practice be subject to a request for accommodation.

Next week marks 41 years since the Supreme Court's ROE v. WADE decision. Nearly 57 million children have lost their lives since then. This genocide of unborn Americans must stop. Congress should respect and defend innocent human life. An…

Nothing could be further from the truth. And we hear name-dropping of a Republican President, former President Nixon. He signed that into law.

I commend Chairman Lamborn for introducing this legislation to consolidate Federal mapping programs and streamline their administration.

I thank the gentlelady from Missouri. I thank you for your leadership and also, tonight, for having this great time for us to come together to talk about a subject that, I think, is increasingly important. With great foresight and clarity…

I want you to meet Andrew Parks, a hardworking young man from Bossier City, Louisiana, who has been hammered twice by ObamaCare. Earlier this year, his employer did what so many other businesses were forced to do by the ObamaCare employer…

the title of today's hearing is, 'EPA Versus American Mining Jobs,' and you have heard testimony that really focuses on the impact of EPA regulations.