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Doc Hastings is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Washington's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2015. During his tenure, he served on several key committees, including the House Committee on Natural Resources, where he focused on issues related to energy and natural resource management. Hastings was known for his advocacy of agricultural interests and water resource management, reflecting the priorities of his largely rural district. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at promoting economic development in Eastern Washington.
There is too little time left on the legislative calendar for this body to be considering partisan legislation that we have been assured will not become law. Furthermore, the future of our Nation's highways and transportation systems are…
I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), my good friend and the ranking member of the Committee on the Budget.
I will keep my good friend from Georgia's statement for him on December 18, and remind him of what he said. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), my good friend.
At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hahn), my good friend.
When the gentleman speaks of growing up in that area, my father grew up in Griffin, Georgia, on a farm. My first job was on a farm. I picked beans, I stripped celery, and I cut chicory. So I don't need lectures about not understanding…
Many of those measures in a 5\1/2\-hour, into-the-night session that the Rules Committee operated.
That is certainly allowed. Anytime before July 30, the measure could be brought to the floor, and it could be brought to the floor without any notice to the membership because it is a motion to reconsider. It is a part of this particular…
I think you are absolutely correct, and it is unprecedented. At the very same time, as my friend from Georgia pointed out, they have done so transparently by putting it here, but that does not mean it would not be used at some point in the…
At this time, I am waiting for one additional speaker, but perhaps I can engage in a colloquy with my colleague from Texas.
At this time, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), my good friend.
All of the things that the gentleman from Georgia said are in the measure are true. But does he also agree that it is unprecedented that we have included a measure to delay an already-voted-on rule? Never before has that been done. Or to…
At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman).
I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott), my good friend.
At this time, I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett).
These bills exemplify the recklessness and the foolishness of the majority's almost exclusive focus on domestic appropriations for deficit reduction, while leaving the main drivers of the deficit unaddressed. We cannot continue on this…
I would ask that you ask my good friend, the chairman of the Rules Committee, if he is ready to close. I have no additional speakers at this time.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question; vote ``no'' on the underlying bills. I yield back the balance of my time.
I would advise my friend from Georgia that I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close.
I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida, the great State of Florida (Ms. Brown), my very, very good friend who is an expert in veterans affairs, among other things.
At this time I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), another member of the Budget Committee, a dear friend of mine. Parliamentary Inquiries
I so much enjoy the passion of my good friend from Georgia. I am sure he feels the same as me. He kind of has an advantage over me today, in that he is on the Budget Committee. Happily, I would report to him I brought along some people…
On the final vote results for rollcall vote No. 118 that took place on March 17, 2015, I would have voted in favor of H.R. 1191. ____________________
I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule that is going nowhere fast, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I am very pleased at this time to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck), my good friend and a member of the Committee on Financial Services.
I would think the time to create American jobs is anytime, and sooner rather than later. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), my good friend, the ranking member of the Committee on…
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