Steve Scalise

Finally, I would like to talk about the constitutional infringements. And don't take it from me. Let's take groups as divergent as the ACLU and National Right to Life that all cite serious First Amendment concerns. ACLU says provisions…

So now we have identified areas where law-abiding citizens can become felons. We tried to fix it; they wanted that to stay in place. So what is that motivation? But then we identified another problem. If someone who is in this country…

I ask this Subcommittee to fully fund Yucca Mountain in this appropriations bill.

Nuclear power is critical to our power grid and an important part of our energy future.

We need your help. Our recovery has been way too slow.

The problems of the bill H.R. 8 are numerous, and if I were here, many in this audience and many of the witnesses here, my question would be to the sponsors and co-sponsors why they would give you a bill that is written and guts itself…

If we let these tragedies teach us, we see that we need to focus on mental health and missed opportunities.

I applaud the intentions behind this hearing and believe we are all pursuing the same goal of reducing gun violence.

We best honor victims of gun violence by looking at the evidence. Neither H.R. 8 nor any of the proposed gun control measures would have prevented a single mass shooting in the last 20 years.

I thank the gentleman and I know we look forward to welcoming the President of the United States to this House Chamber on Tuesday night for the State of the Union Address. I appreciate the work that we are going to do together to secure…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, as we approach bipartisan resolutions, we hope that the gentleman from Maryland and his side would work with us on those. It could have been a resolution that actually passed, had we been able to work…

Clearly, as a suspension, it wasn't in the traditional sense--obviously, it went down. There being a sense of the House resolution, typically, those are resolutions where both sides work together. I ask the gentleman, do they anticipate…

As it relates to the suspension calendar, I know, this week, there was an extra bill added to the suspension calendar that wasn't on the list by close of business last week. Do you anticipate this Friday's list being amended again the…

I don't want to get too carried away, but I appreciate that we were able to resolve this. And, again, I know tensions got a little heated because these are important issues. We want to get a resolution to get the government back opened…

I would ask the gentleman to yield. There would be an opportunity for you to do, in fact, that, and that would be a motion to vacate the previous vote and postpone reconsideration until next week so that Members could be here and actually…

If the gentleman will yield, we would have heard you and allowed the vote when we were in the majority, and we did, in fact, allow all of those votes.

That bill passed, but it didn't put the money there, and that is why we are here. And again, he can talk and give great speeches and say we need $50 billion, but if you don't appropriate the $50 billion, the money is not there to actually…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman is finished. We will, obviously, have more time to go back and forth on this, but let's keep in mind a few facts. First of all, the last shutdown of the United States Government was dubbed…

Let's get back to a free market where everybody is paid for their content.

Change or get left behind.

We are literally operating under 1992 laws with this technology.

Much of the legacy paid TV industry that we use today is governed by the 1992 Cable Act.

I would argue that they don't.

I don't think anyone here would disagree with the fact that the way American families watch television has changed.

It is the end of the road for the 1992 Cable Act, but we can't keep living under it.