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Tom Wolf

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Tom Wolf is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania, a position he has held since January 20, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Wolf has focused on issues such as education funding, economic development, and healthcare reform during his tenure. He previously worked in the private sector, where he was involved in his family's business, and he also served as the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue before becoming governor.

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May 28, 2014

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 California will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: renovation and…

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May 28, 2014

I rise in strong support of the gentleman's amendment, and I thank him for taking the initiative and doing what he has done. Enforcing existing laws that keeps guns out of the hands of prohibited individuals is a goal we all share. The…

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May 28, 2014

I thank the gentleman for withdrawing the amendment. I understand how important the horseshoe crab is. I have been to Lewes, Delaware, many times; and I understand. You make a very powerful point, but as the gentleman is aware, the bill…

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May 28, 2014

I am going to oppose the amendment. We are just taking out of census, and so the Members know, this is the same as last year's level, so there are not any big major cuts here. Also, we are above the request. We are $3 million above the…

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May 28, 2014

I thank the gentleman for withdrawing the amendment. As the gentleman is aware, the bill before the House today includes $175 million to support the operation of NOAA's research vessels. This amount is the same as the request--a $5 million…

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May 28, 2014

I have no objection to the amendment. I think it is a very good amendment, and I share the gentleman's concern. Out in the western part of my district, in the Shenandoah Valley, I think they had one heroin death in 2011 or in 2012. In 2013…

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May 28, 2014

The gentleman is absolutely right. I completely agree with him. We will make every effort to make sure this is in there. He has been ahead of almost everybody else here, but I accept the amendment. I think it is a very good amendment, and…

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May 28, 2014

I accept the amendment. The President's request had proposed eliminating this as a separate program. We rejected that proposal, and instead we funded the program above, as the gentleman from Massachusetts said--and I appreciate it--above…

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May 28, 2014

I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Feb 25, 2014

This picture depicts South Sudanese women in a food distribution line. Another desperate woman at the fore is hunched over barbed wire. Violence, displacement, and starvation plague the world's newest nation, but that doesn't have to be…

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Oct 30, 2013

I want to just thank the gentleman for speaking. Ike lived in northern Virginia when he was here, and I would see him many times on the weekend. The second when it crossed the screen that he had died, I felt very, very badly. To second…

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Oct 1, 2013

I'm calling for the government to reopen. I'm calling for leadership on both sides to resolve these issues. The FBI is being impacted. The CIA is being impacted. The National Counterterrorism Center, which is looking at leads that are…

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Sep 12, 2013

There may be. Perhaps the Intel Committee has it. I understand there are some timelines out there that do not quite, quite match; but I do not know the answer to that. That's why we need public hearings.

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Sep 12, 2013

My committee that I chair, the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Justice Department and the FBI, we have never received an autopsy report. We have been told how the death of the Ambassador took place verbally, but we have…

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Sep 12, 2013

I do not know. I do not serve on the Intelligence Committee. There are all good people on it, and Mr. Rogers does a good job. I can't answer. They can better answer that. I don't know what the rules are with regard to that.

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Sep 12, 2013

I think not, but I have not been in some of the closed doors. As you know, that is one of the problems. The Intelligence Committee has everything in closed doors. Quite frankly, if you're a Member of the House, you have very little…

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Sep 12, 2013

No, it was not delivered by the administration, nor was it delivered by any committee up here. It was delivered by people who are connected to, related to people who were on the ground.

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Jul 30, 2013

Per an agreement with the authorizing committee, this amendment strikes section 123 under the administrative provision of the Federal Highway Administration. This section made certain unobligated balances of contract authority available in…

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Jul 30, 2013

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 29, beginning on line 23, strike section 123. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Jul 30, 2013

The committee accepts the amendment. It is a good amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 5, 2013

Moussaoui was picked up here in the United States. He was not picked up in the battlefield in Afghanistan or someplace like that. So they were totally separate-type issues. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

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Feb 15, 2013

I recognize the good intentions of the gentleman in what they're trying to do. It's not justice and it's not fair. I urge a ``no'' vote for this bill.

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Feb 12, 2013

A report will air tonight on ``ABC News'' about the Obama administration's negligence of the Fort Hood survivors and their families. This was clearly a terrorist attack. And while the Obama administration has designated that attack that…

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Jun 27, 2012

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, and rise to support his initiative. Mr. Chairman, too many times a mother or a father or a loved one has gotten that dreaded call in the middle of the night that someone has been killed in an accident…

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Jun 26, 2012

I thank the gentleman. This is the Nation's Capital. We are the Nation's Capital. People from all over the world come here. And I want to be sure--things are thrown around on this floor many times that are not accurate. A large proportion…

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