Jon Runyan

This cost-neutral proposal would correct the current inequity between the treatment of active duty service members and veterans.

I thank the chairman. This would reduce overall claim development and processing time, resulting in the faster issuance of a final decision for the claim. I support H.R. 2189, as amended to include my provision, and encourage all Members…

Thank you, Chairman Miller, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have sponsored H.R. 733, the Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act, with my good friend and colleague, Mr. Tim Walz of Minnesota. This legislation is included as…

I thank Chairman Miller for yielding to me. As chairman of the House Veterans' Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, I am keenly aware that one of the most critical issues impacting our Nation's veterans is the severe…

On the anniversary of September 11th, and every day, we must all appreciate and remember what American veterans have done to secure our freedoms.

On the anniversary of September 11th and every day, we must all appreciate and remember what America's veterans have done to secure our freedoms.

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the legislation that I have, H.R. 1300, which would reauthorize the volunteer programs and community partnerships at National Wildlife Refuges from FY15…

I thank the gentleman, and with that, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Runyan) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill…

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 new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available…

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 New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

My amendment is actually very similar to what Representative Cassidy had on the floor about an hour ago. My amendment would delay the increase in National Flood Insurance Program premiums in New Jersey and New York until the end of FY…

My budget-neutral amendment, authored with my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell), who was going to be here on the floor today but is attending Senator Lautenberg's memorial service this afternoon, supports our Nation's firefighters…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''. Page 40, line 23, after the dollar amount…

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), add the following new section: Sec. 419. None of the funds made available…

My amendment states that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to propose, plan, or execute a new or an additional round of base realignment and closure, otherwise known as BRAC. We all recognize the budget pressures we…

Thank you, Chairman Miller, for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 671, as amended, is known as the Ruth Moore Act of 2013. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, I am pleased once again that our…

I, too, want to reflect on all of the kind and gracious words that my colleagues have expressed up here. I, only being in my second term, can't say that I knew Frank that well, but I want to point out one thing: that it's unfortunate that…

Chairman Miller, thank you and Ranking Member Mr. Michaud for bringing this bill to the floor. H.R. 570 is the American Heroes COLA Act. This bill, which I introduced at the beginning of the 113th Congress, seeks to make permanent the…

When we make it absolutely necessary to get the next of kin approval, we are turning a success story into another reason for our citizens to be disappointed with government bureaucracy.

Catch-shares is not a management tool. It is a last resort to our fisheries.

Catch-shares gives individual rights to fish. Our ocean belongs to everyone, not just individuals that have the right to fish it.

I rise this morning to speak in favor of S. 47, the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act. I want to thank Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor for their leadership in bringing this important bill to the floor. The bottom line is…

It is simply unacceptable in a time of tightening belts that over $1 billion is being wasted by the VA due to a computer error when the money could be put towards benefits and health care for our Nation's veterans.

It is my hope that we will all come together in a bipartisan way and share ideas to best serve our Nation's veterans.

I think we all admit there is a problem, and the faster we get to the bottom of it, the more veterans we are going to be able to help.