G. K. Butterfield

If you give it to the customers, then you can certainly give it to this Committee.

Thank you, Chairperson Lofgren, for convening this very important hearing today.

Would you be willing to submit to--each one of you to submit in writing after this hearing a list of all individuals and entities with at least a 50 percent or more--5 percent or more ownership?

The BENES Act is important to help individuals who are approaching Medicare eligibility.

With respect to the vote on H.R. 5377, I was unavoidably delayed. I was in the Speaker's lobby at the time of the vote, and when I entered the Chamber, the vote had concluded. Had I been on the floor, Madam Speaker, I would have voted…

I rise on this solemn occasion as we, the House of Representatives, exercise the power given to us by the United States Constitution. The original Constitution was flawed in some respects, but with respect to Presidential misconduct, it…

One of the major reasons for these closures is that Medicare ... doesn't pay hospitals enough.

Last month, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the fourth time that the Commission has failed to adequately facilitate and promote women's and minority media ownership.

Will you double down on it?

I say all the time that you must have a special calling to do public service, and thank you.

I thank Chairman Pallone for his leadership in preventing the continued spread of illegal robocalls. Mr. Speaker, these unlawful operations are deceiving and defrauding unsuspecting citizens, with little recourse. Congress must do its part…

Would you call that rate of ownership for minorities and women acceptable?

Our democracy is at stake. Thank you very much.

To go from 40 to 323, I mean, no one can dispute that that is an effective program.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4617, the SHIELD Act. Mr. Chairman, the world knows that our democracy was attacked in 2016 by foreign actors. We have a responsibility as a Congress to fight…

Let me thank Congressman Horsford for yielding this evening, and I thank him for his extraordinary leadership. Elijah Cummings was my friend. Nearly every legislative day for the past 15 years, we talked about every subject you can…

I have stayed throughout the hearing, because I wanted to hear from each one of you because this issue is very important to me.

I have grave concerns about ballot harvesting.

For too long, Madam Chair, we have handcuffed the Federal Government from researching the affliction of gun violence in America.

The gun violence epidemic in America can no longer be ignored. We must treat this epidemic for what it is.

We have to find ways of intervening in people's lives to prevent violence and find solutions to problems that in the greater society are often ignored.

Democrats in the House recognize this crisis, and we are determined--yes, we are--we are determined to take some action.

Section 2 is a very powerful instrument. It is a very expensive instrument, but it is very powerful.

These are American citizens, living in Arizona, who have completed their obligation to the court system, who are not allowed to vote.

Tribes have limited resources; and they shouldn't be shouldered with the burden to bring cases to ensure that the right to vote is protected.