I would urge my colleagues to join us in support of H.R. 1405, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank Mr. Michaud for yielding to me. As ranking member of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, I strongly support the bill before us, the omnibus bill, H.R. 2189. This legislation includes my bill, H.R. 2086…

I thank the gentleman. I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member of this important committee for their work on this bill, and I would also like to thank my colleague from California (Mr. Thompson) for his leadership as part…

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15 days ago, an extreme faction of the Republican Party, supported by its leader and empowered by its more complacent members, brought about a shutdown of the entire Federal Government. It has since brought us to the brink of an…

I guess we won't be able to get those now because of this unnecessary shutdown.

I can only imagine that the challenges you are facing are much greater than those that you have even outlined for us here today because of this unnecessary shutdown.

I think it is remarkable progress, and it is just a crying shame that some of that is going to now be pushed back because of this shutdown.

Over 186,000 students in Clark County School District in Las Vegas receive free or reduced school meals, and for many this school meal is the only food they'll eat all day. Yet this destructive government shutdown has cut off Federal…

I am joining the entire Nevada delegation in support of this bill because its provisions will certainly affect people who live throughout the valley.

Well, I too would like to thank my friend from the southwest, Congresswoman Sinema, for hosting this special hour to draw attention to Suicide Prevention Month, which we recognize here in September. Suicide within any population is a…

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the VA has reduced the claims inventory by nearly 150,000 veterans in pretty short order.

I encourage all Members on our Committee to reach out to their local VSO leadership to promote this effort.

The Fully Developed Claims initiative provides a method for veterans, with the help of their advocates and DoD, to provide all the necessary evidence to process a claim.

I am proud to work on behalf of the more than 100,000 veterans in Southern Nevada.

there is still a lot that needs to be done to address the backlog.

I would just like to look a little more closely at the numbers, because sometimes when you give us national numbers, that mask problems that may exist at regional offices.

I think it is a very important topic.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this rule and the underlying bills. I am especially disappointed that my amendment to H.R. 367, the REINS Act, wasn't made in order. My amendment…

I thank the ranking member for the time. I would first respectfully correct the record because the GAO conference was not in Las Vegas; it was in Henderson, Nevada, which is in District 3. Like my colleagues, I believe that government…

This past weekend, I was shocked to hear the new standard for productivity, leadership, and good governance set here in the House of Representatives. Rather than looking at the success of the American people, the Speaker of the House said…

I thank my friend from California for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 697, the Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act, and urge my colleagues to support the bill. This bipartisan legislation, which has the support…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding me time, and I also thank him for organizing this Special Order. We've heard a lot on this floor and in the press and from our constituents about the moral, the social, the political…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1848, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013. H.R. 1848 would require the Federal Aviation Administration to update its part 23 small airplane design…