John Delaney

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 2, after line 15, insert the following: (7) The United States has reduced its oil consumption over the…

I want to thank my colleague and my friend from Texas for accepting this amendment. I want to thank my colleague from New York and my colleague from Florida for their support of their amendment and their insight into this issue. Again, I…

Recent data suggests that climate change is accelerating. As a result, the destabilizing effect it has on our environment is worsening. To my mind, this is a clear threat to American prosperity and global stability. Mr. Chairman, consider…

there are no easy answers, but there may be simple solutions.

I want to thank the ranking member for her support and leadership on this legislation. I also want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for his support. Most importantly, I want to thank my friend, the gentleman from Tennessee, for giving…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcall No. 375. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 375, I would have voted ``aye.'' personal explanation

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $7,463,000)''. Page 88, line 16, after the…

I want to start by thanking the chairman and the ranking member for their unwavering support of our national defense and our veterans. Mr. Chairman, my amendment increases the funding for a program called Fisher House from $5 million to…

I want to thank the chairman for his support and, once again, thank him for his singular leadership and for his insights into the importance of the Fisher House program. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment so that we can build…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the bill and…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Delaney moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2577 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back…

This is a final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Madam Speaker, imagine if this Congress were focused on how the…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcalls Nos. 265 through 269. Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 265, I would have voted ``aye.'' Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 266, I would have voted ``yea.'' Had I been present to…

I want to start by thanking the chairman and the ranking member for supporting this amendment, and I want to thank my colleague from California for giving me the opportunity to work with him on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, the reason I…

In less than 40 days, the highway trust fund runs out of money, which means 90 percent of the surface transportation projects in this country will stop. To help Congress appreciate the magnitude of this looming crisis, I reached out to my…

In 45 days, the highway trust fund runs out of money. That means that 90 percent of the road projects in this country will grind to a halt. That is a national tragedy, particularly when there are numerous bipartisan proposals in this…

But I think there are two things, the first is that I think we have to stop with the false choices between small and big businesses.

I want to thank my good friend, the gentlewoman from New York, for yielding me time to talk about my colleagues', the Republicans', budget, which is something I oppose. I oppose it for a number of policy reasons, but I thought I would…

That is what we have here. We have unrealistic expectations, a series of bad decisions, and, if this were to be followed, a bad outcome.

Again, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I thank my colleagues for supporting it here on the floor. As I said in the beginning, whenever the government, the private sector, and the nonprofit community work together, we get…

I want to thank the gentleman from Colorado for his support of the amendment. I yield 1 minute to my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Scott), the ranking member.

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 235, line 4, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 235, line 9, strike the period at the end and insert ``…

I was unable to cast my vote on rollcall No. 66 today due to congressional business. Had I been present to vote, I would have voted `aye'. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The…

We made sure we had a culture of accountability so if people actually broke the rules there were real consequences.

I believe it is extraordinarily important that the process for designation and the communication and the transparency be done to the highest standard possible.