It works both ways, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will be in order. The gentleman is recognized.

this is theft from the hardworking taxpayer, and quite honestly, I'm getting tired of hearing about this.

If anything like this happened in private industry, these people not only would be prosecuted--fired, but they would be prosecuted as well.

The government needs to be downsized straight across the board by 50 percent, and then maybe we'll get control on people that are cheating the taxpayer.

In early 2013, a pharmacist told me about problems he was having accessing necessary prescriptions for his customers, many of whom were older cancer patients suffering with chronic pain. What started out as a simple conversation with a…

What they say to me constantly is what is happening in the United States. We look to the United States for leadership.

I am frustrated and I get a bit passionate about where I want my children to be and my grandchildren to be.

I still believe with all my heart--and that is why I am here--that this is the greatest country in the world.

We better get our act together because we are better than that.

I somewhat disagree with that assessment because I have read and studied this extensively.

But just as a prosecutor, promise me this, that we are following the law, that you are following the law, that these are genuine fraud cases that are not manipulated to look like fraud cases, and that we, as prosecutors, have a…

I have the utmost respect for U.S. attorneys and prosecutors.

Fraud is a very vague term. And we, as prosecutors, you, as a prosecutor--we have a great deal of power.

I want you to, if you would, please, convince me that this is not a witch hunt.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I do. I am going to do that in my closing, sir. I thank the chairman for his support of the principle of my amendment. While I recognize this would be legislative language in an appropriations bill, I welcome the opportunity to work with…

I thank the chair and the ranking member for their hard work and dedication during the appropriations process, and I look forward to working with them on a number of important issues surrounding the treatment of taxpayers by the IRS. Mr…

the less Federal Government in my life, the better.

H.R. 1587 grants such authority, and represents a long-overdue amendment to the law.

This bill addresses a process problem rooted in statute that affects permitting for natural gas pipelines.

H.R. 1587, the 'Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act,' sponsored by Congressman Marino, will update the U.S. Code to reflect modern energy developments.

The bills we are discussing today will clarify and streamline the natural gas infrastructure permitting process.

This legislation would give the Department of the Interior explicit authority to permit natural gas pipelines over Federal lands.

I think that is where our focus ought to lie.

Dennis Rodman does not represent the United States, any part of it, when it comes to North Korea.