John Culberson

My colleague from Oregon is confusing the issue here. The amendment is very straightforward. Let me read from the amendment itself. The applicant transit agency has to have a current operating ratio of current assets to current liabilities…

My colleague from Oregon is confusing the issue. This isn't about making money. This isn't about repaying the money. This is about making sure that our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars are going to be wisely and carefully and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 249, after line 14, insert the following: (2) in subsection (c)(1)-- (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by…

This is not about making money. The Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority chairman yesterday told me that their asset-to-debt ratio is about 2:3:1. So they have got 2 to 3 times more assets than they do debt. That is what this amendment…

One of our principal responsibilities here is to be good stewards of our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars. It is a responsibility that I know each one of us takes very seriously. My amendment today will ensure that we apply the same…

Thank you, Dr. Babin. Madam Speaker, I yield to my colleague from California (Mr. Valadao) to speak on behalf of his constituents and the people of California of their love and respect for our law enforcement officers.

I think that Congressman LaMalfa expressed it very well. Police officers are expected to do their job perfectly every time and in so many ways that we cannot even imagine the work that they do to help keep us safe, the work that they do to…

Robert, thank you very much. We are still waiting, Mr. President, for you to step up and tell America how proud you are of our law enforcement men and women and to hear you condemn, Mr. President, this violent, dangerous rhetoric that is…

It is my privilege now to yield to the gentleman from northern California (Mr. LaMalfa), representing the First District. Mr. LaMALFA. Thank you to my colleague, Mr. Culberson. It is really, really good and proper that you are having this…

Before I begin, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the topic of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Dr. Young looked at that young family and said: I want you to know that your father, your husband, did not die in vain because he has steeled the resolve of this Nation to stand behind every man and woman in uniform that defends our…

Last Friday, August 28, 2015, a deputy sheriff that protects my neighborhood in Houston, Texas, Harris County Deputy Sheriff Darren Goforth, was ambushed and brutally murdered at a gas station that my family and I use regularly and that I…

At this time, it is my privilege to yield to my colleague and good friend representing the people of North Carolina, Ms. Foxx.

Thank you, David. I think it is so important for each and every one of us, if we get an opportunity, we run across a law enforcement officer, just walk up and tell them how much we love them and appreciate them and that we have got their…

It is important that the law enforcement community know that, while we are waiting to hear from the President of the United States, the Members of Congress are stepping forward tonight from every corner of the country to express our love…

Steve, thank you for your service to the people of Los Angeles and California. I think, as Congressman Knight said, it is so important to remember that these young men and women are serving their community. They do it out of the goodness…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 5 minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 12 minutes remaining.

It is my privilege to yield to a colleague from northeast Texas, Congressman John Ratcliffe.

Thank you, John. Madam Speaker, we are here from every corner of the United States to tell our men and women in uniform who risk their lives every day to protect us and the safety of our families and our homes how much we appreciate them…

Thank you, Sanford. I know the State of Georgia loves and admires law enforcement as much as we do. I am privileged to yield to my neighbor and colleague from Texas, Judge Ted Poe.

Thank you, Pete. It is a privilege to yield to my colleague representing the people of central Indiana, the Congresswoman from the Fifth District, Congresswoman Susan Brooks.

Yes, but the ATF was attempting to use--the statute says you cannot use armor-piercing ammunition that includes depleted uranium, beryllium, and it has some very specific things. As Mr. Massie said, the Congress was focused on the content…

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 South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. King of Iowa

The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) is exactly right. We would have accepted this amendment earlier in the process because it is an open process. Anyone has a chance to come down here and offer an amendment in an open and free House of…