Tom Rice: “Too often when we see tragedies like this, in our immediate reaction, we try to go too far, and we can't find a solution…”

I am in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Rice of South Carolina moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5377 to the Committee on Ways and Means with…

I would respond to the comments of my friend, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee when he said that he voted in favor of the bill when Hank Paulson came over and said it is something we needed to do, as opposed to this bill, which…

I am not here to cast aspersions on disaster relief. I live in a coastal area in South Carolina that has been hit by three storms in the last 5 years: Joaquin, then Matthew, then Florence. I was a tax lawyer before I got here. I didn't…

This is a bill on which we can find consensus, and it is real.