On rollcall number 36, (the Connolly Amendment to H.R. 1734, the Civilian Property Realignment Act which provides for the General Services Administration (GSA) to override the congressionally-approved recommendations of the Commission and…

Gentlemen, thank you very much for your service.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I'd like to congratulate Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Dicks for an exceptionally hard job which yielded, frankly, a very good product. This bill spends less--$70 billion…

I thank the gentleman very much and appreciate that. I urge passage of the bill.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The legislation before us actually does three important things: First, it eliminates an antiquated, outdated system of public financing; second, it terminates an obsolete commission; and then finally…

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding. Without putting too fine a point on it, this is a system and this is a commission that simply exists to solve problems that aren't problems. We have no problem funding Presidential campaigns in the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. There are certainly Members on this floor that are a lot more knowledgeable about this particular piece of legislation than I am. I don't serve on any of the relevant subcommittees on appropriations. And…

Neither my legislation nor the HEARTH Act are attempts to get around environmental regulations and exploit the land.

H.R. 2362 would capitalize on this affinity to strengthen the ties with a key ally and close friend and help struggling tribal economies at the same time.

Progress for our most challenged population, Native Americans, is a good thing for our country and will have a positive impact for our image around the world.

Prepared statement on H.R. 2362

Addressing ways to grow and sustain economic development on tribal lands is an important goal that I continue to work with members of this Committee.

I encourage this Committee to favorably report both the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Act and the HEARTH Act.

In closing, Madam Speaker, it's a responsible piece of legislation. We ought to act on it. Frankly, it shouldn't be a partisan football. We can take care of people that need relief fully and expeditiously, we can exercise our…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise to urge support of H.R. 2608, the Continuing Resolution Act of 2012. Frankly, I had hoped not to be here in this particular capacity. I had hoped by this point this year we would…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there is no question this isn't a perfect bill. There's a lot of things that I would have liked and I know that other Members on my side of the aisle would have liked. We would have liked…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Every now and then, Mr. Speaker, you need to just step back and look at the record and put the rhetoric aside. When this majority showed up in January of this last year, we found a situation where our…

If the majority leader's plan scores at $2.2 trillion--and I take my friend's word on that--I guess we really have a $4 trillion deficit, because we have $3 trillion, and we don't even count the extra $1 trillion, which is automatic…

Now we're at a point where we are about to, once again, raise the debt ceiling and to do it in a responsible way, in a way that I predict, frankly, will probably become the pattern in the future. This body should never raise the debt…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise to support the rule and the underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, this is the second time that this Congress has chosen-- this House--has chosen to raise the debt ceiling in a responsible and…

I thank the Chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this legislation, and I want to praise the process by which we arrived at this. This is probably the hardest-working subcommittee on a very hardworking…

I thank the gentleman. Contract support, again, fully funded or funded at very near what the President requested. Most importantly, language put in to make sure that those contracts are actually fully funded by the BIA, something that has…

On Monday, July 25, 2011, I was unavoidably detained and missed the first vote in a series of two votes. I missed rollcall vote No. 630. Had I been present and voting, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall vote No. 630: ``yea'' (On…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __ None of the funds made…

I would just urge the body to support the amendment. I would disagree with my friend. Sham groups are quite often formed in labor unions or underneath, but that's another debate for another day. Let's just keep outside money out of the…