Blake Moore

In a letter written by our friend and colleague Tom Cole, a Member of Congress, he says that he does not support the House substitute to VAWA because it does not adequately recognize sovereignty or give them the tools that they need to…

Thank you, distinguished ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. I've listened very carefully and very patiently to all of my colleagues in the House, and it seems that everyone in the Chamber is against violence against women. It's…

As I stand under the ``E Pluribus Unum,'' I pray that this body will do as the Senate has done and come together as one to protect all women from violence. As I think about the LGBT victims that are not here, the native women that are not…

So, Mr. Scott, let me see if I've got this straight. Under the Affordable Care Act, we are asking that, instead of having seniors pay more, you know, find themselves in the doughnut hole, that we ask pharmaceutical companies to ask to…

And how does that differ from possibilities that are available under the Affordable Care Act? Under the Affordable Care Act, which it's really ironic, because if you want to derive some savings under Medicare, and I have no reason to…

That's exactly where I want to go. People are very nervous about this discussion, and the Republicans continue to say that we need to put Medicare on the table. And I know that during the campaign they talked about creating a voucher…

So we have heard some people panicking, saying, boy, between me and my husband, our household, we make $252,000 a year. What do we say to someone, a family earning $252,000 a year, that you're going to pay the higher tax rate on $2,000 of…

Let me ask you something about preserving the tax cuts. The President campaigned for a couple of years, but particularly in the last year, on cutting tax cuts for income over $250,000. So am I to understand, Mr. Scott, that that means that…

Thank you for that, Mr. Scott. That is a major point, that unemployment compensation extension would provide the greatest stimulative impact, not only for those people who are desperately in need of it, but for our economy as a whole. We…

Mr. Scott, I thank you for that background because I just wanted to set the record straight. On the hype that the Grand Old Party is leading us to believe, which is that, number one, extending the Bush-era tax cuts is not spending. It is…

Mr. Scott, just for my understanding and for my constituents to appreciate the scope of this problem, if we were to cut WIC and Head Start and Meals on Wheels for elders and the low-income heating, we are made to believe that if we were to…

Thank you so much, Mr. Scott. I would start out by asking you to yield to a question, Mr. Scott, because we heard prior to our discussion here at the Congressional Black Caucus hour, we heard the majority leader and the minority whip…

So I see, Mr. Scott, that Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has joined us, and so I just want to close out by asking this last question, just to wrap this up. So when the President talks about putting $480 billion of cuts on the table for…

Thank you, Mr. Scott. I have many, many more questions for you about what the options are, about what we can do. And I know that the Congressional Black Caucus doesn't agree on everything, but it seems to me that the Congressional Black…

That would be a great reform under entitlement. Another entitlement reform I would just like for you to address that's in the Affordable Care Act would be this so-called Medicare Advantage program. Medicare Advantage, I mean, who doesn't…

Well, I thank you so much, my good friend from Illinois, Jan Schakowsky. You have always, even before your tenure as a Member of Congress, been an advocate for good, healthy, nutritious food. It really occurs to me that kids can't wait…

During rollcall vote No. 593, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:

I was once one of those 47 percent--a welfare recipient. I have seen firsthand the successes and failures of this safety net in my community and across the Nation. I support the administration's strategic efforts to guarantee that TANF is…

I thank you so much, Mr. Speaker. I raise this point of order, not necessarily out of concern for unfunded mandates, although there are some in the underlying bills under consideration here today, H.J. Res. 118 and H.R. 3409. Rather, I am…

I respectfully raise a point of order against H. Res. 788 because the resolution violates section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The resolution contains a waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill, which…

I think Mr. Dold has dealt very well with very many of the specifics of H.R. 2827 relating to the regulations of municipal advisers. So, before I lose people, I want to briefly talk about the process that brought the bill to this point…

It doesn't unnecessarily sweep in the universe of other professionals or impinge on the relationships of issuers and other market participants engaged in legitimate and necessary market activities like underwriting, providing accounting…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York. I just want to say again that I think we need to credit Mr. Dold, who is a fairly new Member. We actually listened to Members who were senior Members and didn't base it on our partisan differences as…

I believe that H.R. 4264 will further strengthen and protect the MMI fund, and I would urge all Members to adopt this resolution. I yield back the balance of my time.

I am so happy to be able to speak affirmatively about this legislation. I'm really impressed with the storied history of the Lions and their dynamic history, where they serve in more than 200 countries and geographic areas. I am…