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Matt Cartwright

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Matt Alton Cartwright is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Cartwright has focused on issues such as healthcare, job creation, and infrastructure during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving the lives of working families in his district and has worked on various initiatives to support local businesses and economic development.

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Nov 8, 2023

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Montana will be postponed. Amendment No. 92 Offered by Mr. Rosendale The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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Nov 8, 2023

I oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Rosendale). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 91 Offered by Mr…

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Nov 8, 2023

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands amendment No. 88 will…

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Nov 8, 2023

The Federal Labor Relations Authority's proposed changes to rules around how and when Federal employees can cancel payments of their union dues merely restores a longstanding policy about dues payments that had been in place since 1981…

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Nov 8, 2023

I claim the time in opposition, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Nov 8, 2023

Congress gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB, the job of ensuring that consumer protection laws are enforced consistently and that companies do not engage in unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices. The statute is clear…

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Nov 8, 2023

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 85…

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Nov 8, 2023

This amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Ogles). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the…

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Nov 8, 2023

The amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Ogles). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 83 Offered by Mr. Ogles…

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Nov 8, 2023

I acknowledge that there is probably no Member of this House happier than I am not to have to wear a mask this afternoon. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. It is a useless amendment. The COVID public health emergency…

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Nov 8, 2023

This amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nunn). The amendment was agreed to. {time} 1745 Amendment No. 82 Offered by Mr…

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Nov 8, 2023

For the reasons previously stated, this amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman). The amendment was agreed…

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Nov 8, 2023

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Nov 8, 2023

This amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Nov 8, 2023

The amendment is opposed, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Nov 8, 2023

I oppose the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mooney). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 74 Offered by Mr…

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May 25, 2023

People at home who might be listening to this may be wondering: Why is it so important that Speaker McCarthy pay our Nation's bills on time? Why does Speaker McCarthy need to do that? It is because of what can happen if he doesn't. It…

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Mar 28, 2023

Finally, what it does is it throws up the white flag in our war against climate change. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs in this country, General Milley, has identified climate change as a threat to national security, and he is right. We…

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Mar 28, 2023

I wish to raise my voice against H.R. 1, this bill that has been given the moniker ``polluters over people.'' I think it is an appropriate moniker, and I will tell you why. It doesn't create energy independence any more than anything else…

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Mar 22, 2023

Will you undertake to put the hammer down on FINRA, as you are charged to do in the statute, so that they change their procedures and end this injustice?

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Mar 22, 2023

We are kind of coming up on a similar thing right now. We have broadband internet access in most places in this country right now, but there are places being left behind.

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Mar 22, 2023

But with the Inflation Reduction Act, Congress has begun to break that logjam.

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Sep 28, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for the opportunity to speak about this important bill, H.R. 6364, which would extend the use of Federally owned portions of Highway 209 by certain commercial vehicles serving northeastern Pennsylvania…

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Sep 6, 2022

I think everybody here can agree that we're on the same page of wanting reliable, expeditious mail and package delivery.

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Sep 6, 2022

Look, people rely on the mail and the Postal Service to conduct the business of their daily lives, to get their medication, to pay their bills, to receive the benefit checks that they're owed.

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