Joe Barton

I rise in support of H.R. 5337, the Reform of National Security Reviews of Foreign Direct Investment Act. I want more foreign investment in America, not less, but I do not want the kind that threatens our security. CFIUS exists to make the…

although the legislation adds the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security as a co-Vice Chair of CFIUS, I would like to enter into the Record a letter from Chairman King of the Homeland Security Committee. The letter states that…

as a 22-year Congressman with a 100 percent prolife voting record, minus two votes, I rise in opposition of the Presidential veto and support the effort to override it. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in support of H.R. 810 and overriding the…

we are so happy the Senate is working today. It gives us something to do, but I only have one more speaker, the sponsor of the House companion bill, Dr. Weldon. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, we rushed over here literally from the Senate floor…

to close on this very important piece of legislation, I yield to the House sponsor of the companion bill, Dr. Dave Weldon of Florida.

I would like to yield Ms. Lofgren 2\1/2\ minutes if she so wishes. The CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 2\1/ 2\ minutes.

Congressman Murphy, current law allows local authorities to assess a franchise fee of up to 5 percent of a cable operator's gross revenue for the use of the public right-of-way for cable service. The Act before us would allow the…

I would always yield to my friend from Pittsburgh, a member of the committee, and the new manager of the Democrat baseball team, who is so overworking his team that they are complaining to me about how hard they are having to work, yes.

I am not going to object strenuously to this amendment. I do want to make a couple of points. I think the universal service fund needs, at a minimum, to be significantly reformed. I do not think, as we hopefully deploy more technologies…

let me just recapitulate. Under current law, if you are a satellite provider, you don't have to pay any franchise fee, any at all. Now, if you are a landlocked cable provider, you do have to pay some of these fees. They can be up to 5…

I want to yield 1 minute to a gentleman from Mississippi who doesn't have a degree from Harvard Business School, but he does have a degree from Ole Miss, Chip Pickering, the vice chairman of the full committee.

on behalf of Mr. Rush of Illinois, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Bean). (Ms. BEAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

if I do, I will be happy to yield to the gentlewoman from California. I want there to be a full debate on this. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas controls the time.

I yield 1 minute to the pride of New Providence, New Jersey, a member of the full committee, Mr. Ferguson.

How much time do I still have? The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I respect Mr. Conyers. He is a good man. He is in serious opposition. I have 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. I would be happy to yield those 4\1/2\ minutes to my good friend, Mr. Conyers. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized…

for purposes of debate, I rise to claim the time in opposition, but I am not in opposition. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I do support the Rush amendment. I think it is an addition to the base bill, and it continues to show the excellent leadership that Mr. Rush is providing on this issue, and I would urge my colleagues at the appropriate time to support the…

next week the President of the United States is expected to sign in the Oval Office or the Rose Garden a bill that increases fines for utterances of an obscene nature over the public airwaves. That is Chairman Upton's bill, and I am a…

I was opposed at the beginning of the debate. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will suspend. The gentleman stated he was opposed, and the Chair took the gentleman at his word when allocating the time.

Reclaiming my time, nothing in the pending bill will change current law with regard to how the cities control their local rights-of-way, the physical access to that right-of-way. They would have access through the local court system, and I…

They have the option under the pending bill, if the gentleman were so kind to vote for it on final passage, and I know he is thinking about that, we would expand the potential remedies. They would have every remedy under existing law, plus…

I rise in strongest possible opposition to the Markey amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 10 minutes.

I wish to acknowledge the important role that you have played in the process of developing this legislation. I also would like to commend you on your support for rural America, and would add that, if this bill becomes law, small rural…

They have the option. They have the option. They have an expanded list of remedies that they currently don't have. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.