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Michelle Wu is an American politician serving as the Mayor of Boston since November 2021. She is the first woman and the first person of color to hold this office. A member of the Democratic Party, Wu previously served as a Boston City Councilor from January 2014 until November 2021. During her tenure, she has focused on issues such as affordable housing, climate change, and equitable access to public services.
This is a finely crafted bill, which a lot of Members have worked on for quite some time. I want to especially thank those staffers who normally do not get recognition: Dennis Worden of my personal staff, Barb Jones, a detailee from the…
Seventeen amendments is obviously 17 times any one amendment to the SBIR bill. Now last time there were zero amendments; so it's infinitely better than what happened last time.
I also want to draw attention to the sections of the bill that directs the USFA to educate local fire departments about voluntary consensus standards for firefighters health and safety. And many fire groups, especially the National…
I thank the chairman. As both Chairman Conyers and Chairman Berman are aware, the version of the legislation in the other body contains a section that ends the diversion of fees from the Patent and Trademark Office. Absent a compelling…
We teach American children that we ought to protect both our safety and our privacy with equal vigor, and tonight we fail these children and we fail future generations. The Senate bill before us empowers the Attorney General to authorize…
There are at least several institutions that I know of in the Pacific Northwest that would qualify; and I suspect that if a fine research institution in Texas were to team up, say, with an Indian tribe in New Mexico or Oklahoma, I am sure…
It is my recollection that Lyndon Johnson paid a great deal of attention to trees in Texas and their positive and detrimental nature at times. It has come to my attention, through my public and private activities in the Pacific Northwest…
On the Science and Technology Committee we are keenly aware of the importance of the biotechnology industry to our economy. We also know that the growth in our biotech industry is largely due to early Federal investment and support in this…
The gentleman from Illinois' amendment will provide useful information to our manufacturing sector, and its inclusion will strengthen a bill already focused on competitiveness in manufacturing.
I am aware of Representative Matheson's concerns about technology infusion to small manufacturers. There is study by the National Academy of Public Administration that established the critical need for small manufacturers to have better…
I also urge support for H.R. 1868. As I am frequently fond of saying, if you don't set standards for things, things don't match up. If you can't measure things, it is not real from a technologic or economic perspective. The underlying…
In the original House version of the bill, the person in control of Federal property was given virtually unfettered discretion in determining what activities were acceptable and what activities were not. I had hoped in the closing hours of…
I was one of the Members of the House of Representatives who was originally troubled by the House version of the bill and by the balance it struck between respect for the fallen heroes of this Nation and the Federal Constitution for which…
I share with the gentleman the concerns about the export of nuclear weapons from North Korea. The point of my earlier comments is not about export from India, but because of our actions with respect to India, that we would be encouraging…
I mean taking responsibility for Indian nuclear weapons, which will be produced as a result of our sale of fissile materials to India.
Is this not the United States Congress? Are we not abdicating responsibility under your comment to the United Nations rather than taking responsibility ourselves?
Reclaiming my time. Is this the Congress of the United States or are we abdicating responsibility to the United Nations?
Is not ultimately the big picture effect of permitting India to go forward with this basically blowing out of the water the entire treaty system with which we have tried to restrain nuclear nonproliferation in this world?
We do a grave injustice today because this statute applies to American citizens as well as everybody else. Fred Korematsu was a U.S. citizen. He was picked up on a U.S. street. And we issued an apology years later. If we pass this bill…
I stand by my analysis of the proposed bill. The two chairmen stand by theirs. This is the best reason why this bill should not be rushed through. The staff cannot be held responsible for drafting errors, and we should not be rushing this…
We deal with such serious topics in this House of Representatives, and so I want to bring to the attention of this House and this Nation a very happy topic. I rise to congratulate the Oregon State University Beavers on winning the College…
What is the scope of discussion permitted in this segment of the debate? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Argument relevant to the point of order raised against the amendment.
I would inquire of the chairman as to whether the chairman would permit the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) and me to engage in a discussion of the merits of the amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. At this point debate is on the point of…
I urge strong support of the Castle-Markey amendment to H.R. 6. This amendment would ensure that the States have a proper role in the siting of energy facilities. There is this photograph of a large tanker in Boston Harbor. I do not have…
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