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Bob Goodlatte is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Virginia's 6th congressional district from 1993 to 2019. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to agriculture, technology, and internet policy. Goodlatte played a significant role in introducing legislation such as the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999 and the Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act. He also served as the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, where he focused on matters including intellectual property and immigration reform.
I don't agree with that at all. In fact, in the greatest debt limit crisis you might ever say we've had, which was just this summer, close to, if not in excess of, 60 percent of the Members of the House voted to raise the debt limit. So I…
The answer is, yes, it requires a supermajority to raise the debt limit and a supermajority to not balance the budget, which would be an unusual thing in the future because in the last 50 years, it's only been balanced six times.
As the gentleman from Utah correctly noted, it requires the same supermajority of 60 percent to not balance the budget or to raise the debt limit. Quite frankly, if you have a constitutional amendment in place that requires a balanced…
At this time it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Matheson).
It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan), chairman of the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee.
It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the chairman of the Agriculture Committee General Farm Commodities Subcommittee. (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon), a member of the Education and Workforce Committee.
It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
It is my distinct pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling), the chairman of the House Republican Conference.
It is my pleasure to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), a member of the Natural Resources Committee.
I thank the chairman, and I just want to make it very clear that some inaccurate assertions have been made about the protection of Social Security and highway trust funds. The funds can be spent each year, and then any excess funds that…
It is my hope that this provision will allow content owners and intermediaries to work together to root out infringing sites quickly.
We need to have the ability at some point to compel them to come into compliance.
I would actually like to see some tougher responses to the issue of those elements of critical infrastructure that don't meet those standards or requirements.
Many argue that taking ethnic and racial trends to account in policing is a rational and efficient method.
The past 20 years has seen a dramatic decrease in crime levels across the United States.
That's an excellent note on which to close. I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana and everyone else who has participated and the other gentleman from Indiana. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. Announcement by the Speaker…
I thank the gentleman. In the next few weeks, as we anticipate a vote coming up quite soon, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that we are giving every Member of this body an opportunity to speak out for fiscal responsibility and not…
I thank the gentleman for his very passionate support of the cause of fiscal responsibility. As I mentioned earlier, this Special Order is being sponsored by the Congressional Constitution Caucus. And it's now my pleasure to yield to…
Thank you for your good work. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of this cause. I want to make reference to the fact that this Special Order that we're all participating in is sponsored by the House Constitution Caucus, which is chaired…
I thank the gentleman from Indiana for his remarks. We are joined now by a very important member of our conference, a leader, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a strong supporter of fiscal responsibility…
The House of Representatives has voted to cut off the funding not for programs that help farmers comply with existing regulations, that keep cattle out of streams and so on, but simply to cut off the funding for the implementation of…
But the bottom line is if the states don't dance to the tune, the nonscientific tune that is being set, there are backstops that will be imposed, penalties imposed from the Federal Government.
I considered that an attack on Pennsylvania farmers in a broad brush, and I also considered it insensitive and certainly overstated.
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