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Elijah E. Cummings was a prominent American politician and civil rights advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 7th congressional district from 1996 until his death in 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Cummings was known for his commitment to social justice and his efforts to address issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. Throughout his tenure, he was a vocal advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and worked to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities.
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 15 will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage…
The Republicans keep citing the Simpson- Bowles Commission in support of the bill. The Simpson-Bowles Commission was a comprehensive deficit-reduction proposal that called for shared sacrifice from all groups of Americans. I see only one…
May I inquire as to how much time both sides have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 6\1/2\ minutes. The gentleman from California has 9\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. Lynch mentioned a nurse taking care of veterans. I just want to say that it's not about somebody being unskilled. She's taking care of some folks who have served us and need skillful workers, and $27,000, I don't know whether anybody…
My good friend, the chairman of our committee, has several times talked about loyal opposition. I am not the loyal opposition. I am someone who believes in what I'm talking about, and I'm not standing here opposing legislation just to be…
I yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay).
I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland, a fellow Marylander, Mr. Hoyer.
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 273. Given the many critical challenges our Nation faces, I and many of my colleagues hope that the 113th Congress would bring a new era of…
I yield just 1 minute to myself. I just want to say, Mr. Speaker, I hope that our Members before they vote on this bill will take a moment and talk to their own employees and find out why they're in Federal Government and why they really…
I don't have much time, unless you're going to give me some time. If you give me some time, I'd be happy to yield. I've got a number of speakers.
I would like to know how much time we have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 15\1/2\ minutes remaining.
The gentleman talked about the employees on our committees taking a pay cut. That's true that they took a pay cut, and every single one of my employees who took a 5 percent pay cut--and sometimes a little bit more--said one thing to me: We…
we are performing medicine like we're in a third-world country because of the shortages.
I don't want to look back with regret that I failed to do the things that I could have done to help my constituents.
He recommitted to making sure that we do those things that we are talking about so that we could be more effective and efficient.
The government pays $1.3 billion, $1.3 billion each year to 15 insurance companies.
You can imagine when taxpayers hear the kind of figures we have heard here today and to hear the failures, they got to get upset.
Until agencies address these shortcomings, there is increased risk that these agencies will not know whether the multi-billion dollar investments fully meet their intended objectives.
Cybersecurity is a top priority. When people are making the right priorities to meet the mission of the agencies in the most safe, secure and protecting citizens' privacy way, we will make the right trade-offs I think to assure that this…
Our bill would require that the Federal government shift to a system of continuous monitoring of information systems.
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