I now have the opportunity to offer remarks concerning my six terms of service in the House of Representatives. What a distinct honor and privilege it has been to serve 700,000 fellow citizens from southeastern Pennsylvania in these…
Jim Gerlach
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December 10, 2014
I thank the chairman for his leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor.…
— Jim Gerlach
I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I give particular thanks to Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for their great support and cooperation for this resolution and for Ukrainian people themselves; also, a special thanks to my colleagues…
I thank the chairman for his recognition and for his strong leadership on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support this legislation and specifically to highlight section 4 of the bill, which…
I thank the gentleman. Madam Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Grayson
I thank the chairman. First of all, Mr. Chairman, thank you for your hard work on this legislation, but I do have a concern about funding for the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, or DADSS, program that supports research of…
I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this legislation that strives to restore the coequal balance of power between the legislative and executive branches and would establish a procedure for making sure all…
I have provided the Committee with what I consider to be a road map of how the House can establish standing to sue the President as a means to enforce his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
The Supreme Court in Raines v. Byrd made it clear that if Members want to assert an institutional injury, the executive's act must effectively nullify a prior act of Congress.
The President simply has no right to decide when and to whom he is going to apply the tax.
A hundred and seventeen of my colleagues and I support STOP because we believe, as our founders did, that we are a Nation of laws.
Explicit authorization for litigation is critically important because what it does is it signals to the Court that the institution as an institution believes it has been injured.
There is no question that on several occasions in recent years we have witnessed an unparalleled use of executive power to selectively apply, enforce, and even ignore duly-enacted laws.
The President, through his actions on the ACA, as well as other areas of executive action, is fundamentally altering the delicate constitutional balance among the 3 branches of our Federal system.
I thank the gentleman from New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today because, every now and then, we are reminded that there are still people around the world fighting fiercely to secure the same individual liberties and foster the very same…
In closing, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 475 is a great bipartisan, bicameral bill that will help protect our Nation's children and seniors from flu. I want to thank my friend from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal) for his…
I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the subject of the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…
I want to first acknowledge the hard work and leadership of my colleague on the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Johnson of Texas, as well as our committee chairman, Mr. Camp of Michigan. Both gentlemen recognize the urgency of finding…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the Speaker for this time. And a special thanks to my colleague from Pennsylvania, Congressman Altmire, for the sponsorship of this legislation. I rise today to recognize Congressional Medal…
I am really stunned, too, by the lack of responsiveness by CMS on this issue over the years.
Do you really care about saving the identity and the taxpayer's funds that go into this program?
I thank the chairman for his leadership and recognition. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this legislation and urge my colleagues to vote to stop now a $30 billion tax increase on medical innovation. This pending tax means higher…
The overuse and abuse of medication is rampant at our Thoroughbred racetracks and training centers.





