Steve Lynch

I think if we really wanted to get Russia's attention, would be to restrict the ability of those businesses in Russia to convert their rubles into dollars.

I heard considerable complaints about what was perceived as our weakness in terms of economic sanctions against Russia.

I just want to be clear that there are some members on our side of the aisle and I suspect there may be members on your side of the aisle nevertheless that disagree with both you and the President, so we would want to be a part of that…

I thank the gentleman, and I thank the Speaker for his indulgence. The bill before us today is more of the same. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill will add $74 billion to the Federal deficit, force 1 million more…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. I rise today in opposition to this bill, the so-called Save American Workers Act, and to speak in support of working men and women of this great country. I am here today and every day, not…

The fact that the IRS, a very powerful agency with a lot of information on a lot of individuals here, is now targeting or has been targeting U.S. citizens, that is serious stuff, and I think that justifies the scope of this committee's…

There has been an admission here that the IRS, a very, very powerful Government agency, has inappropriately targeted United States citizens for enhanced scrutiny, some would say harassment and denial of statutory and constitutional rights…

I thank the gentlelady from California for her leadership on this bill. She has been a tiger on this issue, trying to get this right. I also want to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor) and the Republican leadership, as well as…

Despite positive developments in the area of revenue growth, the U.S. Postal Service clearly remains in dire financial straits.

The Postal Service has also notified Congress that absent the enactment of comprehensive postal reform, it will be forced to default on its annual future retiree health benefit payment.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her work on behalf of American consumers. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 3193, the so-called Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act. Let's be clear about…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today to urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question so this House can bring the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act up for a vote. This bipartisan legislation will provide critical relief…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. First of all, I want to say that as the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, I rise in strong support of Mr. Farenthold's measure here, H.R. 2860, the OPM Inspector General…

Reclaiming my time, that is right. But those are public investors. They are the ones that need the information. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Waters), our ranking member and a real…

I do want to point out, in response to the gentleman from Tennessee's remarks about this bill going on voice vote in committee, I just want to remind the Members and the public that during that debate there was a need for further work on…

At this time I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper).

One would be that in phase two no more than five offerors would be in the mix, so you would have a cap of five.

The legislation the chairman and Mr. Graves have put forward has two operative sections.

I do not think it is $750,000 but we can talk about that.

I think they are getting right at the problem.

I want to thank my friend, Mr. Capuano, for reserving this time on our behalf to recognize our great friend. Mr. Speaker, Barry Sullivan has been here a long time. I know that the title ``cloakroom manager'' has a rather antiquated sound…

This hearing will examine the many challenges we have to address as part of a wider immigration reform: the tracking of those who enter legally, but overstay their visas.

I am wondering if there is any way to sort of make sure that that unplugging doesn't occur until we have a platform that we are confident people can plug into.

I think there is going to be a gap here. It concerns me greatly that we have so many people in the construction industry.

I have a district where I have a lot of seniors, a lot of folks that are struggling.