One thing that we agree on, on both sides of the aisle, is the importance of getting going on this.

I want you to relook at that because we are talking about the safety of people like Eric Williams.

So why is the administration mandating reducing staffing levels to 88 percent of mission critical?

I know Secretary Wetzel to be a very competent and capable head of our prison system in Pennsylvania.

But this is something that I am very deeply concerned about.

With Veterans Day approaching rapidly, I find it particularly fitting that we raise this important issue today, an issue affecting our veterans that should concern all of us here in the Congress. As Americans, we enter into a moral…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 17, strike ``; and'' and insert ``, other than an excepted consent decree or settlement…

To conclude, H.R. 469's proponents offer no evidence that there actually is a sue and settle problem or that agencies are not currently complying with the Meese memo. The GAO has already said they are. My amendment simply makes clear that…

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 Pennsylvania will be postponed. announcement by the acting chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

We need to get this census right. We want to learn from past mistakes.

We need an accurate census. We need to know where the people are, we need to know where the jobs are, we need to know where the poverty is, we need to know how the economy is changing.

We know that they face higher levels of poverty, particularly older LGBT people.