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Thomas A. Garrett

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Jul 11, 2011

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 New Jersey will be postponed. {time} 2040 Amendment Offered by Mr. Wu

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Jul 11, 2011

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $300,000,000)''. Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount…

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Jun 23, 2011

The Hatch-Waxman Act provides for the extension of patent terms covering drug products that must be approved by the FDA. And the extension that we're talking about here, while seemingly straightforward, the Patent Office and the FDA have…

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Jun 22, 2011

As founder and chairman of the Constitution Caucus, I applaud the opportunity to debate the constitutionality of this bill. This is the first of what I hope will be many more instances to discuss the constitutionality of legislation…

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Jun 15, 2011

If the gentleman will yield, I know I read through it quickly because I was asked to move along things quickly at the end of the evening, but one of the documents that I read was one of the comment letters. It was not from the Wall Street…

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Jun 15, 2011

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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Jun 15, 2011

I would appreciate if the gentleman would not make the allegation that we make these applications here because anyone is in cahoots with Wall Street banks, such as you've just made.

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Jun 15, 2011

On some things. On other things, the gentleman would agree that there is no information out there at all on certain--

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Jun 15, 2011

So the gentleman agrees that there is only partial information at this point in time out there.

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Jun 15, 2011

This is a protect retiree pensions and jobs by ensuring a well-functioning swaps market amendment. Mr. Chairman, I ask for your support today for my amendment which would do that--prevent unintended consequences from impacting literally…

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Jun 3, 2011

I applaud Speaker Boehner for raising this important issue today before the House. I cannot agree more with the Speaker that the President has failed to explain to the Nation the purpose and goals of our military operation in Libya. The…

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May 25, 2011

I thank the chairman. Today, I stand here to introduce this amendment, No. 58, to the National Defense Authorization Act to clearly set out congressional intent with regard to military operations in Libya. The amendment is simple: it…

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May 4, 2011

As I was saying, just last week in Indiana, the Governor signed probably the most comprehensive taxpayer protection law to prevent taxpayers from doing what? Subsidizing abortion. I was reading the article in the L.A. Times. They said this…

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May 4, 2011

I thank the gentleman. Before I begin my remarks, I just have to say that I am really shocked by the statement from my friend and colleague from the State of New Jersey as well when he basically makes the bold statement that basically by…

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Apr 15, 2011

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence). (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) {time} 1100

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Apr 15, 2011

May I ask the Chair how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has 7 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Maryland has 2 minutes remaining.

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Apr 15, 2011

At this time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Graves), who, just like the gentleman from California, understands that we must not sink the ship of state, as the other side of the aisle would…

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Apr 15, 2011

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), who recognizes the fact that the solutions to all the problems in the world, as the other side may think, is not raising taxes on anyone and certainly not…

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Apr 15, 2011

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE…

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Apr 15, 2011

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 New Jersey will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

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Apr 15, 2011

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Democrat substitute amendment. Let me just quickly here sum up. The Democrats' prescription, if you will, for our Nation's fiscal troubles basically includes what? More…

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Apr 15, 2011

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake), who realizes that the young people would do best if we not put additional tax burdens of over $40,000 or $50,000 on their birth coming into this country by the…

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Apr 13, 2011

I thank the gentleman from Indiana. Thank you, first of all, first and foremost, for leading this caucus tonight and leading this Special Order tonight as we speak about federalism as a safeguard of a limited government. So we come here…

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Mar 31, 2011

Just to conclude then, Mr. Chairman, the FAA's airspace redesign plan has not been responsive, as referred to on the floor, to the concerns of our constituents, and it's not been comprehensive. Secondly, redesigning airspace would have…

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Mar 31, 2011

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 106, after line 5, insert the following: (c) Study.-- (1) In general.--The Administrator shall conduct…

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