Daniel B. Maffei

I am offering this amendment today as the final amendment, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Madam Speaker, the American people want us to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200, noes 227, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 141] AYES--200…

Last weekend, I had the honor to visit the men and women of the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York. The 174th is tasked with training airmen and supporting missions around the globe, including…

Vera House, which is based in Syracuse in my central New York district has been working to end domestic violence in the area for 35 years. Each year, we come together during the White Ribbon Campaign to show our support for Vera House's…

I thank the gentlelady from Arizona for offering this amendment. Mr. Chair, I rise today to speak in support of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. I opposed the PATRIOT Act because many of its elements I did feel violated…

I stood here a few days before the sequester deadline and urged this House to take action. The sequester is a set of random, arbitrary, temporary cuts that put thousands of jobs in jeopardy and harm our national security readiness and our…

cutting the resources at the oversight level may lead to more waste and therefore, overall, may end up costing the taxpayer more money.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Since becoming central New York's new Representative, I have met with over a hundred business owners and development leaders in my community. I've visited universities, the hospitals, the factories, the public…

Well, Madam Speaker, I do understand that, but I do hope that the leadership of this House considers just doing a vote, a regular up-or-down vote, on this or any plan to avoid these arbitrary cuts. We need to institute better programs and…

I believe that any charges of wasting taxpayer dollars or using them to run an ineffective office must be investigated.

Inspector Generals stand on the front line of accountability, and work to improve government and protect taxpayer interests.

I do not solely hold the Congressional leadership or the President responsible for this.

On rollcall No. 48 on a motion to adjourn, I am not recorded because I was absent due to a death in my family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 49 on H. Res. 77, I am not recorded because I was…

On rollcall No. 46 on approving the Journal, I am not recorded because I was absent due to a death in my family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 47 on H.R. 667, I am not recorded because I was…

We need to ensure that unmanned aerial systems operate in our national airspace safely and securely.

Clearly, there are some real national security and homeland security elements to this, and of course, on 9/11, it was not military airplanes that were taken over, it was the civilian airliners.

Just in these last weeks I have already begun to meet with local business owners in my district at the places where they work. I have spoken with constituents at their doorsteps, and I have had conversations at events throughout our…

``Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.''

I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this 111th Congress and to say how proud I am to have been a part of it. Some may look at the recent election and say we were off track. But while those showing up to vote may have changed from 2008…

September 11, 2001, it's a day we will never forget. Many people lost family members and neighbors, but alongside the sorrow and loss, we witnessed incredible acts of heroism and bravery. Thousands of emergency responders and volunteers…

Our current Tax Code is riddled with loopholes for big multinational corporations. Many industries, especially those with high-paid lobbyists, get special tax breaks, many of which actually reward companies for sending jobs overseas. The…

This morning a team of Iroquois Indians attempted to board a plane for the United Kingdom to compete in an international lacrosse competition, where they would represent the Iroquois or Hodneshoni Nation on the world stage. Again they were…

Many of the doctors in my Upstate New York district have started to turn away new Medicare patients because of the 21 percent cut that has already started, and seniors are fearful that their physicians may soon drop out of Medicare…

Amendment No. 13 offered by Mr. Maffei: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. None of the funds authorized under this Act or any amendment made by this…

I want to thank Chairman Frank and Chairwoman Waters for bringing this bill and my amendment to the floor. We were all outraged when we learned that dozens of employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission were found to have been…