Sam Graves

Thank you, Chair DeFazio. I appreciate our witnesses being with us today to testify about the impact that the COVID pandemic is having on transportation workers and how we can continue forward through a safe recovery.

In closing, this bill, H.R. 5953, is going to ensure that disaster victims applying for FEMA assistance in good faith are not revictimized by the Agency if it realizes that it did make an error. Residents in north Missouri and across this…

I want to thank Chair Lipinski for holding this hearing, and I want to thank our witnesses for attending.

I don't have any speakers. I urge support of H.R. 4470, and I yield back the balance of my time and.

I don't have anyone else to speak, so with that, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Thank you, Chairwoman Napolitano, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

Since the passage of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan in 2000, the Army Corps, in partnership with the State of Florida and the South Florida Water Management District, have worked diligently over the past 20 years to restore…

I want to thank my colleagues--Congressmen Mast, Webster, and Spano--for their work on this important issue.

We are here today to examine the DBE program and determine what, if anything, can be done to improve the program going forward.

I look forward to hearing Mr. Flynn's update on Amtrak's COVID-19 response.

I believe that future is still out there for Amtrak.

Today is also Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn's first appearance before the Committee since taking over in April.

I want to thank Chairman Lipinski for holding this hearing, and I want to thank our witnesses for attending.

May I inquire as to the remaining time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 10 minutes remaining.

My own Congressman, full Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves, has visited my food bank and others in his district.

the work of Second Harvest and other food banks is critical to getting food to those most in need.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier).

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider). {time} 1100

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Garcia), a member of the committee.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley).

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 233, nays 188, not voting 10, as…

None of what we do here would happen without countless hours of staff work. I especially want to thank the following members of my own staff, all of whom have worked tirelessly on this bill: Paul Sass, Jack Ruddy, Corey Cooke, Tara Hupman…

I don't have any other speakers. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I would just take this time to thank a few folks for this epic legislation, the…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would like to offer amendments en bloc printed in part G. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. Amendments en bloc No. 6 consisting of amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, printed in part G of…