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 division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This amendment would prevent funds from being used to expand EPA authority pursuant to section 115 of the Clean Air Act. Now, this isn't an amendment to assail the Clean Air Act, but there is a flaw with it, which is section 115. That…

This amendment would prohibit the use of funds for FMCSA and NHTSA-- two agencies--to finalize their joint notice of proposed rulemaking mandating the use of speed limiting devices on heavy-duty trucks and buses. To support their proposal…

The facts are clear that, as I stated, large truck-involved fatal crashes per 100 million miles has dropped 74 percent since 1980, before speed limiters were even available. Bus- involved fatal crashes per 100 million miles has dropped 71…

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 division H (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''. Page 296, line 10, after…

I would like to begin by thanking the chairman of the full committee for his extraordinary work and for the chairman of the subcommittee for this auspicious opportunity. I have been listening to the arguments recently that we have had on…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides Americans invaluable support during times of great need.

A lot of what we hear is is that our constituents wish that we would work together more often, and I thank the gentlewoman for her comments and her support; and I think it is just proof that we can work together for something that we agree…

We are in agreement that the regulations have to be in place. I, too, like the yellow sticker, just like she does; and somehow the yellow stickers are in place without this new rule. They are there right now. You have been seeing them for…

Legislation put forward by subcommittee member Clay Higgins, H.R. 2131, the DHS FIRM Act, would require DHS components, including FEMA, to utilize a table of offenses and penalties to improve consistency with discipline across DHS.

I don't disagree with my colleagues on the other side. I said that. We need the CBO. We created the CBO. Congress needs to have reliable information. The problem is, it is not reliable. It is not reliable on the testimony that was just…

Our Nation is $20 trillion in debt, and there might be $100 trillion or $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities. I am not sure we really know what the answer is there. But we have got to find a way to reduce our spending and make sure that…

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 division D (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

We need the men and women of FEMA focused on that critical mission of lifting up our citizens facing disheartening times.

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 176, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $25,436,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

May I inquire of the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 1 minute remaining.

Thanks, gentlemen. General Gross, thanks for your time and uniform service.

But it is an Achilles heel for the United States. And we can't allow that to be used against us.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 336. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 440, the gentleman from Pennsylvania…

I thank the chairman of the committee for his hard work and his defense of those who wear the uniform and take on that tough task. In these tough and troubling times, especially in financial austerity, he stood up and let everybody know…

How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Collins of Georgia). The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Rhode Island has 30 seconds remaining.

It seems to me the Secretary of Defense doesn't need Congress to tell him what the threats are. He knows what the threats are. I can tell you as a person who has been privileged for over 30 years to wear the Nation's uniform--the Army, the…

I thank Mrs. Hartzler, my good friend, for offering this amendment. Mr. Chair, we are $20 trillion in debt. Taxpayers, by my figures, are projected to pay $3.7 billion over the next 10 years for sex reassignment surgery and hormone therapy…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Rhode Island has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.