Steve Lynch

The Affordable Care Act is so focused and sort of facilitated by an email address.

I appreciate that. Go read yesterday's New York Times. It says on the front page of the Business section, To Wall Street, Washington, D.C., ``might seem like enemy territory. But even as Federal regulators and prosecutors extract…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I want to associate myself with her earlier remarks on this bill, as well as the remarks of Mr. Peterson of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 992, the misleadingly…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 2374, the so-called Retail Investor Protection Act. Despite its innocuous-sounding title, the intent of this bill is not to protect investors, but to…

I want to thank the ranking member for yielding me time, and I also want to thank Chairman Miller for his hard work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2189. This legislation takes important steps to address the deplorable…

Neither the President nor I have shut down the government in pursuit of our goals.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to thank Mr. Moran for his leadership and Mr. Wolf, as the lead sponsor of this bill, along with Mr. Cummings, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Wittman. I know there are a lot of…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I had a chance earlier today--because we are not doing a whole lot other than arguing for the last few days--to run up The Mall and go for a little jog. I went by the Washington Monument, the World War…

I think it is important that we remember these four individuals were among our Nation's very best.

I want to thank the panelists for helping us with our work.

I thank the gentleman. Look, this Nation was founded on the principle that every person, every man and woman is entitled to due process before he or she is deprived of life, liberty, or property. Our Supreme Court in the Loudermill case…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2879, the so-called ``Stop Government Abuse Act.'' This legislation is simply a rehash of the three attacks on Federal workers that were incorporated in…

At this point, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Just one final point before I yield. The gentleman is correct, we did address contractor caps on pay in the NDAA, but we capped it at $950,000 a year. That's a far cry from anything that any Federal employee is earning here. As I mentioned…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. Mr. Speaker, I do want to point out, though, if we're talking about what's fair and what's not fair, I think the Federal employees have taken it on the chin recently. They're in year three of their…

The tailored use of incentive awards, such as performance-based bonuses, help agencies recruit, develop, and retain employees who have the knowledge, skill, and ability to help agencies accomplish their critical missions. Such incentives…

Think about this. That due process right would allow an employee who might be the fall guy, it might be a person that they're trying to fire to shut them up, it gives them an opportunity to come before the public and say, while they're…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to say that I have the utmost affection and respect for the gentleman from Pennsylvania. He and I are friends. But I must say that he's wrong on this case. It's ironic…

The gentleman misunderstands. The Federal employee doesn't know what is going to come out of the caller's mouth next, so classified information can come without notice.

I thank the gentleman. Let us remember that our Federal employees are dedicated public personnel who work at our veterans hospitals. I have three hospitals in my district. I know how hard they work. They protect our borders. They research…

I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2711, the so-called Citizen Empowerment Act, that has been brought to this floor without a hearing. While I do understand that the legislation…

I am greatly concerned by the inspector general's preliminary findings.

This is a volunteer force and many, many, many of them have served multiple tours of duty.

These laws for veterans' preference also reflect our national commitment to ensuring that our men and women in uniform are not penalized.

These veterans have earned this.