Chip Cravaack

I also fully believe a $15 Federal Flight Deck Officer as a last line of defense on an aircraft is absolutely essential.

I will be brief because my message is clear and concise. I rise today out of grave concern for this most recent assault on our religious freedom, the First Amendment, and our freedom of conscience. The U.S. Department of Health and Human…

Today I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 1801. H.R. 1801 represents a bipartisan, bicameral effort in honor of the members of our Armed Forces by transitioning to an expedited, intelligence-driven screening process for all…

I have no further requests for time, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time to close.

In closing, I would like to thank the gentlelady from California for her refocusing of the debate on who deserves this the most--our troops. With that, I would urge all of my colleagues to support this. This is a very big amendment for our…

My message is simple and direct: Last month, this administration put yet another hold on implementing the Keystone pipeline project and adding tens of thousands of American jobs to our fragile economy. This decision is bad news for…

We have a $3.5 trillion budget and $1.6 trillion of that is borrowed money.

I thank Chairman Issa for the introduction. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and service of Master Sergeant Daniel Fedder by dedicating and renaming the U.S. Postal Office in his hometown of Pine City, Minnesota, as the Master…

This is not a Republican issue, it is not a Democrat issue, it is an American issue.

The bill under consideration today, H.R. 1801, the Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces Act, is a bipartisan effort which directs TSA to establish an expedited screening process for members of the Armed Forces and…

I would like to thank my colleague from California for her support on this very important bill and the shared importance, value, and trust we place in our military servicemembers. I urge support of H.R. 1801, and I yield back the balance…

I am concerned at some of the steps recently taken to expand regulation and oversight on our industry that has done nothing to warrant such action.

Reclaiming my time, we did have an FAA open debate, Madam Speaker, and we could have brought this up at this time.

Just a moment, sir, and I will yield. We should have opened this up when we had open committee, and this should have been brought up then. But not now, in the motion to recommit, when we have FAA jobs on the line, and we need to get this…

We should not be opening this at this time on a motion to recommit. I will fully work with the other side in trying to make sure that this does not happen again to another soldier, and I look forward to that discussion, but having it right…

I think it is absolutely outrageous what happened to those soldiers. As a military officer for 24 years, and as an airline pilot for 17 years, I think it is absolutely heinous what happened to those soldiers. Quite frankly, it's…

In March of this year, Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, testified before the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment that the administration is preparing to plan draft legislation to expand…

I thank the gentlemen for their kind comments, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Cravaack). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ____. None of the funds made available by this…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Amash

This amendment stipulates that none of the funds of this bill may be used in violation of section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Practically speaking, my amendment would prohibit the United States Immigration and Custom…

Everybody wants peace, I above all people. But the Department of Defense--we have plenty of agencies within the Federal Government that will go ahead and search for peace. We do not need another program to do it that we just cannot afford…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XII of division A of the bill, add the following: SEC. 12XX. REPEAL OF UNITED…

I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion. {time} 1210