Blake Moore

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

Thank you, Mr. Doggett. I am so pleased to join you here today to support this motion to instruct. I was, of course, one of the original cosponsors of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, which provides the authority for the Treasury to take…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''. Page 9, line 7, after the dollar amount…

The purpose of my amendment is to restore $3 million to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. This amendment would simply level fund this account at the fiscal year 2012 level. Mr. Chairman, it troubles…

The declarative statement that you referred to, am I not correct, Mr. Speaker, that that could also include a sentence, a complete sentence? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will only deduct time for embellishments.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will state her inquiry.

The manager's amendment, thankfully, was adopted, because the manager's amendment did have one little piece in there that helps out immigrant women. But there are 325 groups and organizations, everything from national women organizations…

Representative Foxx, just a follow-up, you are a member, a very senior member, of the Rules Committee, and so I was wondering if the rule is structured in a way that will ever allow to have before us, after we vote on this version, the…

I thank the Speaker and I thank the gentlelady. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman from Wisconsin has expired. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina.

Yes, ma'am, I am opposed to the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Moore moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4970 to the Committee on the Judiciary…

This motion to recommit simply clarifies that the preservation of confidentiality to protect the victims' identity to avoid retaliation and even loss of life shall not be weakened as compared to current law. {time} 1650 We have debated the…

I do appreciate the woman walking us through the protocols for the unfunded mandates. And I would submit to her that the National Network to End Domestic Violence, who does a point-in-time counting of domestic violence services nationwide…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R…

Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will state her inquiry.

If the final amendment that I'm offering here today were to be adopted, is it not the case that the bill will be amended and that the House will then proceed to final passage right away? The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair stated on…

I raise a point of order against H. Res. 656 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 includes a waiver…

I raise this point of order not necessarily out of concern for unfunded mandates, although there are some unfunded mandates in the underlying bill, H.R. 4970; rather, I am here today because this is the only opportunity to voice opposition…

I want to thank the ladies who are submitting their statements for the Record. The Members who join me today are just a few of the many people who would like to be here to offer their suggestions for improving the bill and to highlight the…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland. It's important that the American people know the truth about this sequestration replacement bill. And no matter how many times we hear that this package is going to cut welfare programs or socialist…

I ask my colleagues to please see this request through the eyes of a child who was assaulted by a family member and comes forward at school to confide in a beloved teacher; the woman in an isolated rural area, where local law enforcement…

I come humbly to the well today, under the ``E Pluribus Unum,'' to ask that there be swift bipartisan action in reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. VAWA's authorization, of course, lapsed at the end of the last fiscal year, on…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 234, nays 175, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No. 154] YEAS--234 Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander Amash Amodei…

How much time do I have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I raise this point of order not necessarily out of concern for unfunded mandates, although there are likely some in the underlying bill, H.R. 4089. But before I begin, Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

I raise a point of order against H. Res. 614 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 includes a waiver…