John Delaney

The scientists have spoken. Climate change is happening, human behavior is contributing to it, and it is a long- term threat to our prosperity and our national security. But climate change is also the ultimate, very large problem that…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $8,300,000)''. Page 82, line…

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I want them to have one visual in their minds when they think about it. Prior to the Fisher House--which, again, is a public- private partnership; the government money is leveraged with…

I want to thank the chairwoman and the ranking member for their support of our veterans and for our servicemen and -women. I would also like to thank the cosponsors of this amendment with me, Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Don Young of…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcall No. 289 through No. 293. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 289, I would have voted ``yea.'' Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 290, I would have voted ``yea.'' Had I been present to…

That is precisely what this designation does, which is why so many Democrats supported this bill, because we believe, as do many of my Republican colleagues, that the mission of FSOC is worthy and that we should be empowering FSOC to do…

I thank the chairman for giving me an opportunity to rise in support of H.R. 4061, a bipartisan bill that I worked very closely on with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ross), and I thank him for giving me the opportunity to partner with…

I want to thank you for your service to our country and your continued service to so many men and women who have served our country who need someone to be looking out for them.

I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time. Mr. Chairman, during the financial crisis, 19 of the 20 largest financial institutions in the United States either required a bailout or a significant investment by the taxpayers…

I want to thank my good friend from Michigan for yielding me this time, the vice ranking member of our committee, and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren), my good friend, for cosponsoring this legislation with me. I do rise in…

I had firsthand experience with this prior to coming to Congress. I started two businesses as private companies, and they both became publicly traded companies. I shared ownership in those companies broadly with my team. It was very good…

We all know that hard-edged partisan politics has not only eroded the confidence that the American people have in our government, but it has caused government to function to a very low standard. In my 4 years that I have been in this…

The Metro board governance model has failed. We need new governance.

I want to thank my good friend and colleague from Texas for yielding me this time, and I want to express my support for his comments and associate myself with his comments. He has been a singular champion of the TANF program and the goals…

I want to thank my friend from Oregon for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, my friends on the other side of the aisle are making four points. The first point they are making is that they don't believe in science, because the science around…

Metro is an organization in crisis with significant deficiencies around safety, around reliability, around customer service, and around financial management.

Metro has been underfunded, and it has lacked a reliable source of funding, which has created greater uncertainty.

I think we need to find some way to tap into their energy and their intellectual capital in a way that helps us launch into the 21st century.

I think this very troubling incident is one of the many reasons we have to have more people out of the back office and on the front lines.

Maintenance is never exciting. It's not sexy. But it is a disaster when the worst happens.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we have a looming retirement crisis in this country. People are living longer, the cost of retirement is greater than it has ever been, Americans haven't been able to save for retirement…

If I were king for the day, I would take the tax benefit you described and use that to pay for, or help pay for, the EITC.

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcall No. 671. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 671, I would have voted ``aye.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and…

My good friend from Georgia talks about the certainty that will be obtained by this bill. There will be certainty. There will be an absolute certainty that we will continue to underinvest in our infrastructure in the United States of…