Steve Stivers

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: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

The real problem is we have some things built in high-risk areas that frankly shouldn't be built.

I would like to respond to some of the comments of the gentleman from Florida and remind him that each bill will be separately debated and that, obviously, this combined rule is a floor time management technique that the chairman of the…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 273 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 273 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for two bills--H.R. 2262, the SPACE Act of 2015, and H.R. 880, the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015. House Resolution 273 provides for a structured rule for the…

The amendment I am offering tonight is simple. It prohibits funding for the Cape Wind project off Nantucket Sound. This amendment was offered last year and was accepted unanimously, and I hope it will be again. The problem with this…

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: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

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: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

That was easy. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Byrne

Mrs. Beatty and I have a bill that would expand the Moving to Work program, and it is really important to help thousands of people around our country lift their lives out of poverty, and live the American dream.

the Moving to Work program is, unfortunately, limited to just a few places, and I think it is really important that we provide that same flexibility to allow these families to be lifted out of poverty.

the goal that all of us have is not that we give more housing assistance; it is that we ultimately lift people out of poverty.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

Because I have three quick points in response before I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee. First, with regard to the death tax, it is important to remember whose money it is in the first place. This money has already been taxed, and it…

Before yielding to the gentleman from Texas, I don't think we are going to solve necessarily the philosophical disagreement we have on the death tax because, clearly, we think death is bad enough, it shouldn't be a taxable event; and the…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, to the gentleman from Colorado. It appears to me it doesn't matter which we choose. We need to equalize the treatment, and neither one takes us further away from tax reform because, in tax reform, we are going to…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for three important bills: H.R. 622, the State and Local Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015; H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015; and H.R. 1195, the Bureau of Consumer…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 200 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 200 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 299, the Capital Access for Small Community Financial Institutions Act. I would like to thank Chairman Hensarling and the other…

What happens when we make a standard that might work for big corporations and rich people is that it leaves the little guy out.

In conclusion, I just want to ask all of my colleagues to support this legislation. It is common sense, and it simplifies an administrative burden. It saves money for taxpayers, and it allows people on fixed incomes, whether they be senior…

If you change the standard for people like Linda and Mark, what could happen is they could be priced out of the market because the fees are going to eat up all their money.

I hope and pray that you are focused on that, because these are great American people who are left out of our recovery.

Last month, I had the privilege of joining three young adults from my district to reintroduce the Homeless Children and Youth Act, a bill that will help young homeless youth get access to housing and better service and better to just count…

I claim the time in opposition of the amendment, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.