I just wanted to ask a question about the thickness of the walls of the tank...

do you see how this is going to increase the cost of energy for my constituents?

I think, number two, that we should eliminate the application process for all 501(c) organizations other than (c)(3)s.

I would urge the Members of Congress to support Representative Jim Bridenstine's bill, House Joint Resolution 104, which would repeal the 16th Amendment, abolish the income tax, and, by definition and extension, abolish the IRS.

We should be encouraging, not discouraging, the people from participating in political activities.

It is a hateful violation, in my view, of the First Amendment to tax citizens groups for the exercise of their First Amendment rights.

I believe that the IRS is such a corrupt and rotten and broken agency that it cannot be salvaged.

I think a strong America is a safe world, and that when we try to constrain ourselves, we get what is happening right now where Vladimir Putin has invaded Georgia.

Earlier, you made a statement about there being no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I would respectfully ask the gentleman to maybe rephrase that. There are mass graves in Iraq. As somebody who---- Mr. McGOVERN. Reclaiming my time…

You have tens of thousands of people in mass graves as a result of chemical weapons in Iraq, killed directly by the regime of Saddam Hussein. When you continue to perpetuate this idea that there were no weapons of mass destruction, WMD…

The President refuses to secure the border, ignoring our laws. He has promoted citizenship for anyone who makes it into our country illegally. In so doing, he has caused mass illegal migration into our country. This has resulted in human…

My amendment transfers $12 million from the Census Bureau to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research for the specific purpose of weather research. We now know that technology exists…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $12,000,000)''. Page 13, line 21, after the dollar amount…

Well, I thank my good friend, the gentleman from Florida, who is championing a cause that is near and dear to my heart, a platform that I have spent many hours in. I flew combat off of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf and the north…

The challenge is, and you are probably aware we have had a number of deaths in Oklahoma and Arkansas over the last few days, and as you can imagine, when the priority of NOAA is to save lives and property, which is what you have told us…

There are people that got less. And if we were able to move the technologies in the direction where we could get over an hour of lead time, guess what, the people would have more heads up before the tornado hit their vehicle driving on the…

giving Moscow nonproliferation money, by doing that, we inadvertently subsidize Russia's nuclear force modernization.

All of us believe in nonproliferation.

sending laser tag systems to Russia free of charge is wildly inappropriate.

On May 20 of last year, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, with very little warning. The Moore tornado killed 24 Oklahomans, injured 377, and resulted in an estimated $2 billion worth of damage. A warning was issued only 15 minutes…

if the funds are authorized and explicitly appropriated for this specific purpose and it goes to the Pentagon and then you don't obligate the funds, do you really need to do a study?

you realize that by studying the best way you are intentionally going around the will of Congress?

Given the threat to strike groups, multiyear procurement of E-2D is absolutely necessary. The only question is are we purchasing enough E-2Ds and missile interceptors to counter the high volumes of incoming missiles that our soldiers and…

Do you see this as a way that the Air Force is making an attempt to go around clear congressional intent?

And in each case, they are not being obligated.