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Tom Rice is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th congressional district since 2013. Born on August 4, 1957, Rice has focused on issues such as economic development, job creation, and disaster recovery during his time in office. He has been involved in various legislative efforts to support the interests of his constituents in South Carolina, particularly in the areas of tourism and agriculture.
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: limitation on use of funds for offshore oil and gas…
All these other guys up here are dealing with taxpayers' money and you are not.
I think maybe we should be looking at the cost of this overall entity versus the cost of just buying.
I read that Mr. McDonald said earlier that he needs to fire 1,000 people in the VA. Did anybody get fired?
When I became a congressman, I went to the Corps and asked them what we needed to do to get it dredged.
I haven't been in politics all that long, I guess 4 years now between county council and now Congress. And I am concerned that any project that requires Corps approval in my district seems to--it never seems to happen without a great deal…
I think that, at least in my district back home, that we are--we are struggling and gnashing our teeth and pulling our hair trying to get projects done.
It seems the Corps has become an entity that obstructs rather than promotes these projects.
Yet it was held up for years by requirements placed on us by the Corps because an environmental group wrote a letter.
Average household income has declined 8.7 percent since the President took office.
Forty four percent, the most recent numbers I have seen, of recent college graduates are underemployed or unemployed.
We have got to find a solution for the Highway Trust Fund. I am going to propose one myself.
As a nation we can no longer take the approach of simply maintaining our failing infrastructure.
It is so hard to get anything done in this country anymore. We used to be a can do country, and now we are a you can't do that country.
It is imperative that a bipartisan solution be reached to benefit all Missourians on the road.
Uncertainty doesn't allow our States, our counties or the Federal Government to invest.
For the Brent Spence Bridge, every month that we delay, the added cost is approximately $7 million a month.
We are in the midst of the weakest recovery from a recession since the Depression.
It requires leadership, and we are not getting it. So I am going to put out my own solution to this.
Failure to pass a comprehensive long-term surface transportation bill will have drastic implications on the economic health of our great state.
Why don't we have inward-facing cameras? I mean it's been out; it's been recommended; it's been suggested.
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