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 Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Amodei The Acting CHAIR. It is…
Gerry Connolly
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Gerry Edward Connolly is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Connolly has focused on various issues including government accountability, environmental protection, and healthcare reform. He has served on several committees, including the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he has been involved in investigations and legislation related to federal oversight and transparency.
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 Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gene Green of Texas The Acting…
On behalf of myself and Mr. Lewis, 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 27, line 17, strike the closing quotation marks and the following…
I would yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: On page 14, after line 9, insert the following: SEC. 207. CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE. Section 302 of the…
Throughout the 112th Congress, the Republican leadership has invested a staggering amount of time and effort into gutting our Nation's clean water and air protections. As of this month, this House has voted 247 times in support of…
This Congress' failure to extend renewable energy tax credits is already costing my home State, the Commonwealth of Virginia, jobs. As CBS News reported last month, Virginia is losing a wind turbine development to Spain because the United…
I want the United States to stand with those brave Egyptians and we don't want the word to spread that somehow we only care about your nationality if you're an American.
If Congress were a musical, then House Republicans would be Little Orphan Annie, singing, ``The sun will surely come out tomorrow,'' because with the urgent challenges facing this Nation, with Americans staring at an impending fiscal cliff…
I thank my colleague, Mr. Polis. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question. If we defeat the previous question, we will move immediately to consideration of an amendment that will ensure that Members of…
I believe that Georgia is a democratic and stable partner and ally of the United States and that the United States should wholeheartedly support Georgia's aspirations for NATO membership.
I very strongly believe that a minute of silence at this year's games would be a long overdue symbol that such terrible acts of violence will not go unremembered.
Freedom of religion and expression lead to a strong and vibrant civil society that only strengthens the State.
I must say I am impressed that the Obama administration has taken it very seriously.
I want to thank the distinguished chairman and the ranking member and my colleague Mr. Grimm from New York for this thoughtful amendment and for accepting it. Fairfax County, which I represent, has one of the outstanding US&R teams in the…
It is really an absolute disgrace that the Olympic Committee is refusing to do this. They really ought to be ashamed of themselves.
American innovators contribute to an economy second to none and provide a strategic advantage in national security. But from where will the advancements of tomorrow come? The U.S. ranks 27th in the world in graduates with science and…
It is my sincere hope that the Bolivian Government moves expeditiously to set bail for Mr. Ostreicher.
I rise to join my colleagues in support of this amendment to restore funding to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy, known as ARPA-E. In the report language for this bill, the committee's majority correctly notes that projects…
But that might have been their motivation, not the hobnail, voodoo government on the necks of the media trying to strangle the First Amendment.
At a time when we should be working together to find ways to save taxpayer money and reduce the deficit, this bill proposes to waste millions of dollars on research into an inefficient and highly polluting energy extraction process known…
When we look at this economy, we should ask: What would Ronald Reagan do? When he took office in 1981, President Reagan inherited an economy in deep recession. During the past 3 years, we've heard a number of current Republicans laud the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''. Page 56, line 24, after the dollar amount…
I think the inference to be drawn from your testimony is that is where you were leading us, from that typewriter to today's fast-moving, 24/7 news world with the technology advancing.





