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110 | 1,036,450 | B001291 | 1,078 | Brian | Babin | Brian Babin | 20,170,106 | M | 1948-03-23 | 68 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | HONORING THE LIFE OF JESSE WILLIAM ``J.W.'' RAY | I rise today to honor the life of Jesse William ``J.W.'' Ray, who died on January 2, 2017. J.W. lived an impressive life. He served as a Seabee 24th NCB in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and was among the soldiers who fought in the Philippines and Okinawa before being honorably discha... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 1,132 | 566,521 |
107 | 1,036,461 | T000470 | 889 | Scott | Tipton | Scott R. Tipton | 20,170,106 | M | 1956-11-09 | 60 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | CO | TRIBUTE TO PAUL MUNDT | I rise today to honor the life of Paul Mundt of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Known in Southern Colorado as KRDO's Paul Richards, he passed away on December 11, 2016. Paul leaves behind five children and his wife, Julie Halling, along with a lasting legacy. prgtoken Paul was the voice on five radio stations in Colorado S... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 1,269 | 566,530 |
109 | 1,036,453 | B001284 | 986 | Susan | Brooks | Susan W. Brooks | 20,170,106 | F | 1960-08-25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | IN | -HONORING WILLIAM HUDNUT, III | I rise today to honor a beloved and iconic member of the Hoosier community, William Hudnut III. Bill, who served as Mayor of Indianapolis from 1976 to 1992, passed away on December 17th, 2016 at the age of 84. Bill was a vibrant, enthusiastic, and passionate individual. His larger than life persona and animated approac... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 3,000 | 566,523 |
108 | 1,036,451 | K000376 | 940 | Mike | Kelly | Mike Kelly | 20,170,106 | M | 1948-05-10 | 68 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | PA | HONORING COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS MARTIN AND MARTHA JOHNSON | I rise today to recognize two of my constituents from Western Pennsylvania, Martin and Martha Johnson. The Johnson's are the founders and directors of Downtown Ministries INC. as well as several other groups serving under its umbrella including Fresh Grounds Coffeehouse, Sans MOCO Gallery, His Work--His Way, Keystone B... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 2,458 | 566,522 |
111 | 1,036,463 | M000312 | 19 | James | McGovern | James P. McGovern | 20,170,106 | M | 1959-11-20 | 57 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | MA | COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES--JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE HELD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 | I object to the certificate from the State of Alabama on the grounds that the electoral votes were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given and that the electors were not lawfully certified, especially given the confirmed and illegal activities engaged in by the Government of Russia that were designed... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 504 | 566,532 |
112 | 1,036,459 | J000032 | 79 | Sheila | Jackson Lee | Sheila Jackson Lee | 20,170,106 | F | 1950-01-12 | 66 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | TX | REGARDING JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS TO COUNT ELECTORAL BALLOTS | as a senior member of the House Committees on the prgtoken Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee; Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, and the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, I rise today to offer thoughts and reflections on the congressional r... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 3,000 | 566,528 |
116 | 1,036,454 | H001068 | 1,001 | Jared | Huffman | Jared Huffman | 20,170,106 | M | 1964-02-18 | 52 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | HONORING PAMELA DUNLAP PATTERSON | I rise today in recognition of Pamela Patterson, as she retires from her career as the Chief Executive Officer of West Company and the Director of the Mendocino Small Business Development Center. Born and raised in Virginia, Pamela Dunlap Patterson later obtained an Associate Degree at Massey Junior College in Atlanta ... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 1,696 | 566,524 |
113 | 1,036,478 | B001227 | 405 | Robert | Brady | Robert A. Brady | 20,170,106 | M | 1945-04-07 | 71 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | PA | COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES--JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE HELD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2 | the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Iowa seems to be regular in form and authentic, and it appears therefrom that Donald J. of the State of New York received 6 votes for President and Michael R. of the State of Indiana received 6 votes for Vice President. prgtoken Senator BLUNT the certificate of the ... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 647 | 566,539 |
115 | 1,036,460 | C001069 | 728 | Joe | Courtney | Joe Courtney | 20,170,106 | M | 1953-04-06 | 63 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CT | REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF CONOR IRWIN | I rise today to mourn the loss and honor the life of Conor Irwin. prgtoken The child of Whit and Holly Irwin, Conor was a resident of Ledyard, CT. He graduated from St. Bernard School and was a freshman at Ledyard High School. He was just 14 years old. prgtoken In 2013, I had the honor of meeting Conor when he visited ... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 1,490 | 566,529 |
114 | 1,036,457 | W000797 | 681 | Debbie | Wasserman Schultz | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 20,170,106 | F | 1966-09-27 | 50 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | FL | HONORING CLIFFORD A. SCHULMAN | it is my privilege to honor South Florida philanthropist, business leader and prominent attorney, Cliff Schulman. prgtoken Mr. Schulman has 45 years of wide-ranging legal experience in the environmental and land use field from both the government and private sectors and is well known for his involvement in the communit... | 2,017 | 1 | 6 | 2,077 | 566,526 |
164 | 1,036,660 | W000779 | 333 | Ron | Wyden | Ron Wyden | 20,170,109 | M | 1949-05-03 | 67 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | OR | OBAMACARE | I am very pleased to be able to join Senator Donnelly, Senator Hirono, and Senator Blumenthal on this extraordinarily important issue that goes right to the heart of what we want health care to be in this country. I have always felt that the really big issues, the really important issues, need to be bipartisan. You nee... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,635 |
161 | 1,036,711 | B001288 | 1,065 | Cory | Booker | Cory A. Booker | 20,170,109 | M | 1969-04-27 | 47 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | NJ | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | the hour is late, even though you look like you have a lot of work there to do, sir. I think I am going to be merciful and keep this short. I want to thank the Senator from Hawaii, the senior Senator from Hawaii, for his remarks. prgtoken I just want to wrap up. We have had multiple speakers now driving home a number o... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,669 |
160 | 1,036,610 | T000193 | 257 | Bennie | Thompson | Bennie G. Thompson | 20,170,109 | M | 1948-01-28 | 68 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | MS | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | I thank Mr. Veasey for helping organize this Special Order on a topic that is of great concern to me and many of my constituents. prgtoken The Attorney General, as we know, serves as the United States' chief law enforcement official. He or she does not serve certain States, certain classes of people, nor is their servi... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,336 | 566,607 |
171 | 1,036,608 | W000187 | 80 | Maxine | Waters | Maxine Waters | 20,170,109 | F | 1938-08-15 | 78 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | I rise today to encourage opposition to the nomination of Jeff Sessions to the Attorney General's Office by this President-elect. prgtoken We have been asked and we are constantly asked: Are you saying he is a racist? He defined himself. He defined himself long ago when he was denied a Federal judgeship in 1986 after h... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,160 | 566,606 |
149 | 1,036,684 | B001277 | 963 | Richard | Blumenthal | Richard Blumenthal | 20,170,109 | M | 1946-02-13 | 70 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | CT | OBAMACARE | I am honored to be here tonight with my very eloquent colleague Senator Franken from Minnesota and also with two colleagues who will follow me shortly, Senator Schatz and Senator Markey, all of them great champions of better, more affordable health care for all the people who live in this great country. prgtoken This i... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,649 |
157 | 1,036,706 | C001088 | 868 | Christopher | Coons | Christopher A. Coons | 20,170,109 | M | 1963-09-09 | 53 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | DE | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I rise to join my colleagues in raising the alarm about the possible impact for all of us in America and, in particular, for my constituents in my home State of Delaware should we indeed as a body proceed with barreling forward and repealing the Affordable Care Act without a plan to replace it, as seems to be the inten... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,665 |
182 | 1,036,709 | M001169 | 745 | Christopher | Murphy | Christopher Murphy | 20,170,109 | M | 1973-08-03 | 43 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | CT | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | once again, congratulations on your election. I haven't gotten a chance to talk with the Presiding Officer in detail about his path to the U.S. Senate, but I have had a chance to talk to a lot of my colleagues about how they got here, and I think we can all agree it is not often a real pleasant experience. You get your... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,667 |
172 | 1,036,681 | U000039 | 165 | Tom | Udall | Tom Udall | 20,170,109 | M | 1948-05-18 | 68 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | NM | OBAMACARE | I rise, along with Senator Warren and my other colleagues this evening, to oppose this action by President-Elect and congressional s to take health care away from tens of thousands of New Mexicans. prgtoken Let me be clear. What President-Elect and s are doing now will throw health care into chaos. It is reckless. It w... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,646 |
184 | 1,036,597 | K000389 | 1,170 | Ro | Khanna | Ro Khanna | 20,170,109 | M | 1976-09-13 | 40 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | NECESSARY STEPS TO RESTORE OUR DEMOCRACY | I am the son of immigrants, born in Philadelphia as the Nation celebrated our bicentennial. I ran for Congress because we have lost sight of our founding ideals. In Federalist 10, James Madison warned that factions, with their own special interests, may undermine the public good. prgtoken Today, Congress is crippled by... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 885 | 566,597 |
151 | 1,036,612 | J000032 | 79 | Sheila | Jackson Lee | Sheila Jackson Lee | 20,170,109 | F | 1950-01-12 | 66 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | TX | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | let me thank Mr. Veasey for his leadership. Let also thank the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. Richmond, for his leadership. prgtoken Before I start, let me offer my appreciation to law enforcement officers across America--this is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day--and join my colleague, Val Demings, partic... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,608 |
170 | 1,036,693 | H001046 | 848 | Martin | Heinrich | Martin Heinrich | 20,170,109 | M | 1971-10-17 | 45 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | NM | REMEMBERING TONY REYNA | for generations, Tony Reyna served his people in Taos Pueblo and northern New Mexico as a respected community leader and constant source of wisdom and kindness. prgtoken Last year, Mr. Reyna joined friends, family, and community members to celebrate his 100th birthday, which the New Mexico State Legislature officially ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,287 | 566,654 |
154 | 1,036,593 | J000126 | 78 | Eddie | Johnson | Eddie Bernice Johnson | 20,170,109 | F | 1935-12-03 | 81 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | TX | WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION ACT OF 2017 | I rise in support of H.R. 353, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017. prgtoken This bill is the culmination of more than four years of compromise and negotiation, and demonstrates that the issues of weather and climate can be addressed in a bi-partisan way. prgtoken In that regard, I want to recog... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,225 | 566,593 |
158 | 1,036,619 | M001160 | 677 | Gwen | Moore | Gwen Moore | 20,170,109 | F | 1951-04-18 | 65 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | WI | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | . I thank Mr. Veasey so much, and I thank our new chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for his tremendous effort in putting this very important Special Order hour together. prgtoken , I rise this evening because I am extremely concerned about the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions. prgtoken Certainly, President-ele... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,507 | 566,611 |
176 | 1,036,623 | J000288 | 744 | Henry | Johnson | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | 20,170,109 | M | 1954-10-02 | 62 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | GA | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | I congratulate Representative Cedric Richmond as he takes the helm of the CBC and manages this exercise tonight; and also Representative Marc Veasey, who will be the point man for doing these Special Orders. prgtoken We are called upon tonight at a critical time in the Nation's history. We have a new President coming i... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,645 | 566,613 |
179 | 1,036,656 | H001042 | 759 | Mazie | Hirono | Mazie K. Hirono | 20,170,109 | F | 1947-11-03 | 69 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | HI | OBAMACARE | I rise today to ask the Senate to adopt the Hirono-Donnelly amendment to protect Medicare and Medicaid. During his campaign, President-Elect made the American people a promise that he will protect Medicare and Medicaid. prgtoken Today, we are giving Senate s an opportunity to reaffirm this promise to the American peopl... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,632 |
153 | 1,036,644 | S000148 | 108 | Charles | Schumer | Charles E. Schumer | 20,170,109 | M | 1950-11-23 | 66 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | NY | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017 | last week, I expressed my sincere hope that the majority leader and I could come to some agreement on the process of nominations. He has negotiated in good faith, and we have made some progress. I sincerely appreciate his willingness to work with us so far. I do want to clarify why are doing this. prgtoken Yesterday, m... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,624 |
162 | 1,036,678 | R000122 | 326 | John | Reed | Jack Reed | 20,170,109 | M | 1949-11-12 | 67 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | RI | OBAMACARE | I rise in opposition to the budget resolution that the Senate will vote on this week. We are nearly half way through the fiscal year, and the s have offered this budget resolution not to set a path forward for spending for the year but to give them the ability to repeal the Affordable Care Act through the budget proces... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,643 |
169 | 1,036,703 | B001267 | 851 | Michael | Bennet | Michael F. Bennet | 20,170,109 | M | 1964-11-28 | 52 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | CO | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I would like to welcome the Presiding Officer to the Senate and just say thank you very much for your willingness to sit here this evening. To my colleagues, thank you for being here. The hour is getting late so I am not going to take up a lot of time with my own words, but I did want to come to the floor and read the ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,947 | 566,662 |
145 | 1,036,629 | J000294 | 1,009 | Hakeem | Jeffries | Hakeem S. Jeffries | 20,170,109 | M | 1970-08-04 | 46 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | NY | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | I thank my distinguished colleague and classmate, Representative Marc Veasey, for his leadership today; and the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative Cedric Richmond, for convening us and for the leadership that he has already shown. prgtoken We have a President-elect who, for 5 years, perpetrated ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,178 | 566,616 |
178 | 1,036,604 | R000588 | 959 | Cedric | Richmond | Cedric L. Richmond | 20,170,109 | M | 1973-09-13 | 43 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | LA | ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING OUR COUNTRY | it is an honor and a privilege to have this opportunity to stand on the House floor and to anchor the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order hour, where today we want to discuss some of the issues and challenges confronting this country that we hope this newly constituted Congress will be prepared to take up as we m... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,032 | 566,603 |
150 | 1,036,685 | S001194 | 1,053 | Brian | Schatz | Brian Schatz | 20,170,109 | M | 1972-10-20 | 44 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | HI | OBAMACARE | I thank the senior Senator from Connecticut for his leadership on this and so many other issues on behalf of the people of his home State. prgtoken Before I get into prevention as a policy issue, I just want to reiterate a process point. prgtoken Here we are in the world's greatest deliberative body--the world's greate... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,650 |
156 | 1,036,700 | K000367 | 761 | Amy | Klobuchar | Amy Klobuchar | 20,170,109 | F | 1960-05-25 | 56 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | MN | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | from Virginia for his leadership. He recently led a letter which a number of us joined in on to suggest that we make reforms to this bill. I said the day it passed that the Affordable Care Act was not an end but a beginning. prgtoken But we have not had opportunity, save for just a few examples where we changed some ta... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,659 |
146 | 1,036,701 | C001070 | 763 | Robert | Casey | Robert P. Casey, Jr. | 20,170,109 | M | 1960-04-13 | 56 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | PA | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I rise this evening to speak about the effort in the Senate, by way of a budget resolution, which includes so-called reconciliation instructions to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, in this case, unfortunately, without any replacement for that legislation we passed a number of years ago. prgtoken I... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,660 |
174 | 1,036,614 | L000551 | 70 | Barbara | Lee | Barbara Lee | 20,170,109 | F | 1946-07-16 | 70 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | . Let me thank Representative Veasey for hosting this important discussion on President-elect 's disturbing nomination and for the gentleman's commitment to defend civil and human rights for all Americans. Now, more than ever, the voices of the CBC's are so important in this fight. prgtoken I would also like to recogni... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,609 |
166 | 1,036,683 | F000457 | 856 | Alan | Franken | Al Franken | 20,170,109 | M | 1951-05-21 | 65 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | MN | OBAMACARE | like my colleagues here today, I rise to talk about the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. I have been talking to a lot of people in Minnesota who have health insurance, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, or whose lives are changed by the protections in the ACA that benefit every American. Frankly, t... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,648 |
147 | 1,036,621 | C001067 | 765 | Yvette | Clarke | Yvette D. Clarke | 20,170,109 | F | 1964-11-21 | 52 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | NY | IMPACT OF CABINET NOMINATIONS | . I thank Mr. Veasey for his leadership this evening. I thank our chairman, Cedric Richmond, for his vision and his timeliness in bringing this to the floor today. prgtoken , I rise on behalf of the people of the Ninth Congressional District of New York in opposition to 's nominee for the position of Attorney General o... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,612 |
175 | 1,036,699 | K000384 | 1,046 | Timothy | Kaine | Tim Kaine | 20,170,109 | M | 1958-02-26 | 58 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | VA | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I rise with my colleagues, and I am thrilled to be here with them, to save our health care and to try to convince our colleagues that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act would be health care malpractice, and because health care is one-sixth of the American economy, it would be economic malpractice as well. prgtoken Wha... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,658 |
181 | 1,036,689 | L000174 | 136 | Patrick | Leahy | Patrick J. Leahy | 20,170,109 | M | 1940-03-31 | 76 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | VT | SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY'S SPEECH ON A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE ISRALEI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT | last week the junior Senator from Texas spoke about Secretary of State Kerry's recent speech explaining the administration's decision to not veto U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 and supporting a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The Senator asserted that Secretary Kerry ``equ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,719 | 566,652 |
126 | 1,036,641 | G000552 | 683 | Louie | Gohmert | Louie Gohmert | 20,170,109 | M | 1953-08-18 | 63 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | HOPE IN AMERICA | it is an honor to be here tonight at the beginning of this new year. It has been great being in east Texas this weekend, last weekend, hearing all of the hope that has arisen as we have entered this new year, 2017. I think it is going to be a good year. prgtoken I am told that just on the basis of a new President comin... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,623 |
142 | 1,036,530 | B001289 | 1,064 | Bradley | Byrne | Bradley Byrne | 20,170,109 | M | 1955-02-16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | AL | FAITHLESS ELECTOR PROBLEM | last Friday the House and the Senate met to fulfill our solemn constitutional responsibility to count the votes of electors for President and Vice President. This year the joint session was confronted with a record number of so-called faithless electors-- electors who were supposed to vote for the Presidential candidat... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,563 |
125 | 1,036,573 | B001248 | 642 | Michael | Burgess | Michael C. Burgess | 20,170,109 | M | 1950-12-23 | 66 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | PROTECTING PATIENT ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS ACT OF 2017 | such time as I may consume. prgtoken , I rise today in support of H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act, introduced by the gentlemen from North Carolina, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Butterfield. prgtoken H.R. 304 would update the Drug Enforcement Administration registration process for emergency m... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 964 | 566,583 |
138 | 1,036,695 | D000618 | 1,008 | Steve | Daines | Steve Daines | 20,170,109 | M | 1962-08-20 | 54 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | MT | ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017 | I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 12 noon, Tuesday, January 10; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 446 | 566,656 |
117 | 1,036,534 | S000583 | 89 | Lamar | Smith | Lamar Smith | 20,170,109 | M | 1947-11-19 | 69 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | FAKE NEWS INCLUDES CLIMATE CHANGE | a good example of fake news appeared in Sunday's New York Times. It is a column headlined, ``As Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die.'' This may be a new high--or maybe a new low--for climate alarmists and their exaggerations. prgtoken Two facts: first, most severe and persistent droughts occurred decades ago, not rec... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 714 | 566,567 |
129 | 1,036,600 | P000594 | 810 | Erik | Paulsen | Erik Paulsen | 20,170,109 | M | 1965-05-14 | 51 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | MN | NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY | I rise today on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day to recognize and support our many men and women bravely serving and protecting their communities all across Minnesota and our country. prgtoken Law enforcement officers are heroes. They put their lives on the line to keep our neighborhoods, homes, businesses, an... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,141 | 566,600 |
134 | 1,036,524 | L000576 | 942 | Billy | Long | Billy Long | 20,170,109 | M | 1955-08-11 | 61 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | MO | CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO RETIRING SHERIFF MICK EPPERLY | I rise today to recognize Sheriff Mick Epperly of Barry County, Missouri, who is retiring after 28 years of service in law enforcement. prgtoken Sheriff Epperly took his first oath as Sheriff of Barry County on January 1, 1997. Now, 20 years later, he has become the longest serving sheriff in Barry County's history. pr... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,089 | 566,557 |
139 | 1,036,599 | L000578 | 1,014 | Doug | LaMalfa | Doug LaMalfa | 20,170,109 | M | 1960-07-02 | 56 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | CA | NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY | today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, and I think it is very appropriate in this body to stand up and show that appreciation, especially in these confused times where signals come out of this place that don't show appreciation but, instead, depict our law enforcement in very unflattering terms. prgtoken T... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,325 | 566,599 |
128 | 1,036,531 | R000578 | 701 | David | Reichert | David G. Reichert | 20,170,109 | M | 1950-08-29 | 66 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | WA | NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY | today is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. prgtoken Behind me are the faces of 135 men and women. They are the faces of those who paid the ultimate price serving and protecting us this past year so that our families and our children can live safe and enjoy our freedom. As you can see, freedom isn't free. prgto... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,564 |
130 | 1,036,553 | R000582 | 819 | David | Roe | David P. Roe | 20,170,109 | M | 1945-07-21 | 71 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TN | IMPROVING ACCESS TO MATERNITY CARE ACT | I rise today in support of H.R. 315, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act, sponsored by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), a fellow OB/GYN and chairman of the Health Caucus. prgtoken One of the easiest ways to ensure a safer and healthier pregnancy experience for both mother and child is through adequate mat... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,025 | 566,577 |
132 | 1,036,542 | O000168 | 833 | Pete | Olson | Pete Olson | 20,170,109 | M | 1962-12-09 | 54 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | NATIONAL CLINICAL CARE COMMISSION ACT | I thank the gentleman from Denton, Texas (Mr. Burgess) for yielding me time to speak about my bill, H.R. 309, the National Clinical Care Commission Act, a bipartisan bill that received unanimous support in the last Congress and was cosponsored by over half of my House colleagues. prgtoken It had this level of support b... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,931 | 566,572 |
118 | 1,036,654 | E000285 | 142 | Michael | Enzi | Michael B. Enzi | 20,170,109 | M | 1944-02-01 | 72 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | WY | OBAMACARE | from Texas for his comments about the Senator from Alabama. Senator Sessions has been an outstanding Senator. He came to the Senate at the same time I did. He has served for 20 years. That is a lot of votes that a person can pick apart, if they want to. But here is how it came out. I don't think we have emphasized enou... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,059 | 566,631 |
121 | 1,036,580 | L000491 | 427 | Frank | Lucas | Frank D. Lucas | 20,170,109 | M | 1960-01-06 | 57 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | OK | WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION ACT OF 2017 | I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 353) to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research through a focused program of investment on affordable and attainable advances in observational, computing, and modeling capabilities to support substantial improvement in weather fo... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 484 | 566,586 |
122 | 1,036,694 | B001236 | 599 | John | Boozman | John Boozman | 20,170,109 | M | 1950-12-10 | 66 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | AR | REMEMBERING STANLEY RUSS | today I wish to pay tribute to former Arkansas State Senator Stanley Russ of Conway, AR. prgtoken Stanley Russ was born in Conway in 1930. He graduated from Conway High School in 1948 and went on to attend Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, before earni... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,874 | 566,655 |
119 | 1,036,647 | M000355 | 188 | Mitch | McConnell | Mitch McConnell | 20,170,109 | M | 1942-02-20 | 74 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | KY | OBAMACARE | earlier today I had a good conversation up in New York with President-Elect about a number of pressing issues. We talked about the upcoming Senate agenda, the President- elect's nominees, and the way forward on repealing and replacing Care. As I told him, the Senate's focus this week will remain on the process to repea... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 2,033 | 566,626 |
133 | 1,036,601 | T000467 | 835 | Glenn | Thompson | Glenn Thompson | 20,170,109 | M | 1959-07-27 | 57 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | PA | COMMENDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS | I rise today on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day to commend the law enforcement officers throughout our Nation who answer the call to serve their communities. Law enforcement officers face increasingly difficult circumstances while working to serve and protect the public. It is a dangerous job, and often it is a thankl... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,059 | 566,601 |
140 | 1,036,596 | R000598 | 1,022 | Keith | Rothfus | Keith J. Rothfus | 20,170,109 | M | 1962-04-25 | 54 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | PA | COMMEMORATING NAT HENTOFF | I rise today to commemorate the late Nat Hentoff, a man who constantly defied expectations. He died this weekend on January 7. prgtoken Nat defined himself as a ``Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian, left- wing pro-lifer.'' A writer for the Village Voice and brilliant jazz critic, he joined forces with constituents acro... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,337 | 566,596 |
120 | 1,036,692 | C000567 | 335 | Thad | Cochran | Thad Cochran | 20,170,109 | M | 1937-12-07 | 79 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | MS | ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS | I wish to commend Nell Payne for her distinguished career in public service. prgtoken For the past 16 years, she has served as the director of government relations for the Smithsonian Institution, where she has been a tireless advocate for the Smithsonian. She has worked to advance the institution's mission of promotin... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,042 | 566,653 |
143 | 1,036,556 | C001103 | 1,071 | Earl | Carter | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | 20,170,109 | M | 1957-09-06 | 59 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | GA | IMPROVING ACCESS TO MATERNITY CARE ACT | I thank the gentleman for yielding. prgtoken , I rise today in support of H.R. 315, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act. prgtoken Our Nation is facing a critical shortage of maternity healthcare services and professionals. Many Americans in rural or medically underserved areas have little to no access to materni... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,410 | 566,578 |
141 | 1,036,587 | B001283 | 1,026 | Jim | Bridenstine | Jim Bridenstine | 20,170,109 | M | 1975-06-15 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | OK | WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION ACT OF 2017 | I believe there will come a time when there will be zero deaths from tornadoes. I think this bill will help us implement the necessary steps to get there. prgtoken I once again thank my colleagues on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for all their very hard work to get this done, and I encourage our counterp... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 459 | 566,590 |
135 | 1,036,666 | P000603 | 951 | Rand | Paul | Rand Paul | 20,170,109 | M | 1963-01-07 | 54 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | KY | OBAMACARE | I propose the Senate vote for this budget because it leads to balance, it is fiscally conservative, it allows the Senate and the Congress to decide where money will be spent and where it will not be, it will eliminate waste, and--above all--will get us on the right track toward eliminating or at least staying the expan... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 783 | 566,638 |
144 | 1,036,661 | S001198 | 1,122 | Dan | Sullivan | Dan Sullivan | 20,170,109 | M | 1964-11-13 | 52 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | AK | OBAMACARE | I want to talk a little bit about Alaska this afternoon. Alaska is a beautiful State. Anyone who has visited knows that. Those who have watched any of the numerous television shows featuring my State know that. We have the mountains that seem to go on forever, fish-filled rivers and streams and oceans, miles and miles ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,636 |
137 | 1,036,536 | H001065 | 1,003 | George | Holding | George Holding | 20,170,109 | M | 1968-04-17 | 48 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | NC | U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2334 | just before Christmas, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution condemning Israel. prgtoken I believe it goes almost without saying that Israel is our most trusted ally in the Middle East, which is why I find this so troubling, . The administration had the power to veto the resolution and support one of our only a... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,132 | 566,569 |
124 | 1,036,653 | C001056 | 634 | John | Cornyn | John Cornyn | 20,170,109 | M | 1952-02-02 | 64 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | TX | OBAMACARE | as my colleagues know, this week we will take up the nominations of the men and women who President-Elect has selected for his Cabinet. I have to say, for myself, that looking at the quality of the people the President-elect has nominated gives me quite a bit of reassurance about what his administration will be like, s... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,630 |
127 | 1,036,598 | F000450 | 684 | Virginia | Foxx | Virginia Foxx | 20,170,109 | F | 1943-06-29 | 73 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | NC | RECOGNIZING SANDRA MYERS | today I rise to recognize Sandra Myers of Laurel Springs, North Carolina. This remarkable and talented woman is retiring after spending her entire 40-year career with the Social Security Administration. prgtoken Since the age of 18, Sandra has worked in the Wilkesboro field office where she started in an entry-level po... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,053 | 566,598 |
131 | 1,036,651 | C001075 | 828 | Bill | Cassidy | Bill Cassidy | 20,170,109 | M | 1957-09-28 | 59 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | LA | OBAMACARE | I rise to address a very important issue in regard to the health care of our poorest Americans and discus my plan, the Medicaid Accountability and Care Act, or the MAC Act, which is also included in my Care replacement plan which would address the failings of our current Medicaid system. My colleague from Washington ju... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 3,000 | 566,629 |
136 | 1,036,526 | V000129 | 995 | David | Valadao | David G. Valadao | 20,170,109 | M | 1977-04-14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | CA | IN RECOGNITION OF MR. JACOB BENNETT MIZNER | I rise today to thank Mr. Jacob Bennett Mizner for his service to my office and California's Central Valley. prgtoken Mr. Mizner was born on July 16, 1994 in Tulare, California to Kevin and Sharon Mizner. After graduating from Tulare Western High School in Tulare, California in 2012, Mr. Mizner graduated from Fresno Pa... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,785 | 566,559 |
123 | 1,036,535 | W000795 | 600 | Joe | Wilson | Joe Wilson | 20,170,109 | M | 1947-07-31 | 69 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | SC | GUANTANAMO BAY DETERS TERRORISTS | last month I was grateful that President signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law--legislation that will clearly prevent the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Sadly, this has not stopped the President from releasing murderous terrorists, which, by weakness, encourages more attacks against American ... | 2,017 | 1 | 9 | 1,420 | 566,568 |
203 | 1,036,915 | J000032 | 79 | Sheila | Jackson Lee | Sheila Jackson Lee | 20,170,110 | F | 1950-01-12 | 66 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | TX | LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ACT OF 2017 | as a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, I rise in support of H.R. 240, the ``Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017,'' which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to engage with innovative and emerging technology developers, including technology-based small businesses and startup ventures tha... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,066 | 566,790 |
220 | 1,036,749 | B001287 | 996 | Ami | Bera | Ami Bera | 20,170,110 | M | 1965-03-02 | 51 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT--DO NO HARM | today I rise not as a Member of Congress, but as a doctor. When I graduated medical school and took that oath, there are two core ethics that we take when we take that oath: to do good. And that is exactly what we tried to do when this body passed the Affordable Care Act. It was about doing good. It was about giving pe... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,700 |
218 | 1,036,967 | T000469 | 814 | Paul | Tonko | Paul Tonko | 20,170,110 | M | 1949-06-18 | 67 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | NY | WHO GETS THE BREAKS FROM REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? THE SUPERWEALTHY | . But representing a number of hospitals, from stand-alone clinics to some very specific specialty type of health centers, they are all concerned about the impact of repeal. And certainly, being a major employer, if not the major employer in some of my counties, as you reduce that care, you are reducing the workforce. ... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 467 | 566,819 |
204 | 1,037,004 | D000563 | 100 | Richard | Durbin | Richard J. Durbin | 20,170,110 | M | 1944-11-21 | 72 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | IL | BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT | on December 28, 2016, President designated the Bears Ears National Monument in Southern Utah, and I wish to commend him on protecting these important lands. This designation is an important step forward in the conservation of some of southern Utah's important national treasures. prgtoken The 1.35-million acre monument,... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,839 |
211 | 1,037,019 | B000944 | 504 | Sherrod | Brown | Sherrod Brown | 20,170,110 | M | 1952-11-09 | 64 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | OH | PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES | skyrocketing drug prices are crippling far too many American families. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly 8 in 10 Americans believe the cost of their prescription drugs is too high and that Congress should work to lower the price of medication that people need. prgtoken This should be our top health priorit... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,845 |
208 | 1,037,008 | R000122 | 326 | John | Reed | Jack Reed | 20,170,110 | M | 1949-11-12 | 67 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | RI | Introductory Statement on S. 82 | I am reintroducing the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act with Senator Blumenthal. This legislation would end special tax exemptions for huge CEO bonuses by closing a glaring loophole that allows publicly traded corporations to deduct the cost of multimillion-dollar bonuses from their corporate ... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,842 |
214 | 1,036,761 | T000465 | 776 | Niki | Tsongas | Niki Tsongas | 20,170,110 | F | 1946-04-26 | 70 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | MA | DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON MILLIONS OF FAMILIES | since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, millions of Americans have gained access to valuable healthcare services, and every American has seen their health insurance benefits improve. prgtoken While there are ways the Affordable Care Act can be improved, we cannot afford to go back to the days when big insura... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,018 | 566,710 |
206 | 1,036,993 | L000174 | 136 | Patrick | Leahy | Patrick J. Leahy | 20,170,110 | M | 1940-03-31 | 76 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | VT | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | the 115th Congress convened just last week. I had hoped that with all the turmoil in the country that we would begin the year with a renewed sense of cooperation. But I am sorry to say, my friends in the Party have chosen a different path. prgtoken The very first thing on the agenda is to press forward with a sham budg... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,832 |
221 | 1,036,832 | S001191 | 1,041 | Kyrsten | Sinema | Kyrsten Sinema | 20,170,110 | F | 1976-07-12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | AZ | HELPING ANGELS LEAD OUR STARTUPS ACT | . Mr. Chair, s on the other side of the aisle for working with me, yet again, on this bipartisan bill to help entrepreneurs and startup companies create jobs and grow our economy. prgtoken American startup businesses are growing both in number and diversity. Entrepreneurs are finding new and better ways to bring togeth... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,278 | 566,747 |
219 | 1,036,946 | G000559 | 859 | John | Garamendi | John Garamendi | 20,170,110 | M | 1945-01-24 | 71 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | WHO GETS THE BREAKS FROM REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? THE SUPERWEALTHY | indeed, we do have an extraordinary country. Down through the last 230 years, this Congress has met, has discussed, decided, voted upon, and set in place policies that advanced our country. And we are so very fortunate, all of us Americans, to be living here with all the promise that this incredible history has given u... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,808 |
216 | 1,037,002 | P000595 | 793 | Gary | Peters | Gary C. Peters | 20,170,110 | M | 1958-12-01 | 58 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | MI | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | today I rise to express my strong opposition to partisan attempts to engage in a fast-track process to take health insurance away from hundreds of thousands of individuals in my State and millions across our country. In Michigan alone, 887,000 people are in jeopardy of losing their health coverage if s have their way a... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,838 |
205 | 1,036,971 | S000148 | 108 | Charles | Schumer | Charles E. Schumer | 20,170,110 | M | 1950-11-23 | 66 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | NY | CABINET NOMINATIONS | as hearings for the President-elect's nominees get underway starting today, I want to reiterate that a fair and thorough vetting process is a top priority, not only for my caucus but for the American people. prgtoken Chief to achieving that is a fair hearing schedule and process. First, it means hearings that are suffi... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,821 |
212 | 1,037,006 | N000032 | 555 | Bill | Nelson | Bill Nelson | 20,170,110 | M | 1942-09-29 | 74 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | FL | REMEMBERING DR. PIERS SELLERS | on December 23, 2016, the world lost a true hero. prgtoken Dr. Piers Sellers was a scientist and an astronaut, having flown three times on the space shuttle. On his first mission, he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station, where he completed nearly 20 hours of space walks outfitting a... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,841 |
222 | 1,036,923 | M001196 | 1,114 | Seth | Moulton | Seth Moulton | 20,170,110 | M | 1978-10-24 | 38 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | MA | MODERNIZING GOVERNMENT TRAVEL ACT | I want to thank my colleague from California for yielding. prgtoken , I rise today in strong support of H.R. 274, the Modernizing Government Travel Act. This legislation is a bipartisan effort that demonstrates a consensus amongst all of us that the Federal Government has failed to keep pace with the technological adva... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,193 | 566,794 |
207 | 1,036,961 | K000009 | 147 | Marcy | Kaptur | Marcy Kaptur | 20,170,110 | F | 1946-06-17 | 70 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | OH | WHO GETS THE BREAKS FROM REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT? THE SUPERWEALTHY | I am honored to join Mr. Garamendi and Mr. Tonko, and I want to place in the Record, since both of you have talked so eloquently about the Affordable Care Act, you know how you will be walking through your district, maybe at a parade or some public event, and someone will break from the crowd and run toward you. I am t... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,904 | 566,815 |
215 | 1,036,755 | F000455 | 785 | Marcia | Fudge | Marcia L. Fudge | 20,170,110 | F | 1952-10-29 | 64 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | OH | SECRETARY OF EDUCATION NOMINEE BETSY DeVOS | I rise today with my colleagues, Representatives Beatty and Kaptur, to address the Secretary of Education. prgtoken , Betsy DeVos is an imminent and present danger to all of America's children. She does not support public schools. Public schools are where 93 percent or better of all America's children attend. She oppos... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,480 | 566,704 |
210 | 1,036,981 | S000770 | 366 | Debbie | Stabenow | Debbie Stabenow | 20,170,110 | F | 1950-04-29 | 66 | 1 | 1 | Democrat | sen | MI | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017 | let me first say to the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee that we look forward to seeing the replacement as well because that is really the key right now. People across the country are saying: Wait a minute. You are going to unravel a system. You are going to repeal and take away the health care that I hav... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,828 |
213 | 1,036,871 | M001166 | 714 | Jerry | McNerney | Jerry McNerney | 20,170,110 | M | 1951-06-18 | 65 | 1 | 0 | Democrat | rep | CA | SMALL BUSINESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT | again, I want to thank the chairman for his work on this and for his willingness to prgtoken compromise. As he pointed out, it was a process. It took both sides. I think he wanted permanent exemption, we wanted a less exemption, and it worked out. I think it is the right compromise. Five years gives businesses the pred... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 702 | 566,765 |
185 | 1,036,902 | S000583 | 89 | Lamar | Smith | Lamar Smith | 20,170,110 | M | 1947-11-19 | 69 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | PROMOTING WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACT | I support H.R. 255, the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act. I thank my Science Committee colleagues Ms. Esty, who authored the bill, and Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairwoman Comstock for their initiative on this issue. prgtoken H.R. 255 authorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use its existin... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,277 | 566,783 |
186 | 1,037,000 | E000285 | 142 | Michael | Enzi | Michael B. Enzi | 20,170,110 | M | 1944-02-01 | 72 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | WY | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I only need to add one footnote to that fantastic summary; that is, that the Senator from Tennessee is the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. For years we heard about the difficulties with No Child Left Behind. There were a lot of efforts to build a different bridge, and they never got co... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,175 | 566,837 |
193 | 1,036,941 | G000552 | 683 | Louie | Gohmert | Louie Gohmert | 20,170,110 | M | 1953-08-18 | 63 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES | it is always an honor to be here and, especially, to look out and see some people for whom I have eminent respect in this body. That is a nice thing, being in a body where I actually have respect for the people in the body, a good thing. prgtoken We know that elections, as President told us quite succinctly 8 years ago... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,645 | 566,803 |
190 | 1,036,985 | F000444 | 590 | Jeff | Flake | Jeff Flake | 20,170,110 | M | 1962-12-31 | 54 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | AZ | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | I rise today to speak in favor of the Flake amendment, No. 52, to protect the elderly and vulnerable. prgtoken I think the Senator speaking on the other side of the aisle talking about s wanting to cut Medicare and Social Security has it a little backward. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, under... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,354 | 566,830 |
188 | 1,036,970 | M000355 | 188 | Mitch | McConnell | Mitch McConnell | 20,170,110 | M | 1942-02-20 | 74 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | KY | CABINET NOMINATIONS | Senate committees have been working for many weeks to process President-Elect 's Cabinet nominations. I commend the committees and their staffs for their very hard work. Now we begin the next phase of this process with committee hearings. In fact, it just began this morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee. prgtoken I... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,820 |
198 | 1,036,873 | C001103 | 1,071 | Earl | Carter | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | 20,170,110 | M | 1957-09-06 | 59 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | GA | SMALL BUSINESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT | I rise today to express my support of H.R. 288, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act. In 2015, the FCC adopted burdensome transparency requirements for Internet service providers. The FCC immediately recognized that these new transparency requirements would be particularly burdensome for small Internet service p... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,162 | 566,766 |
201 | 1,036,912 | R000601 | 1,106 | John | Ratcliffe | John Ratcliffe | 20,170,110 | M | 1965-10-20 | 51 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | LEVERAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ACT OF 2017 | such time as I may consume. prgtoken , again, I am pleased that the House is today considering H.R. 240, the Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017. prgtoken H.R. 240 encourages engagement between the Department of Homeland Security and technology innovators, including startups. This bill requires the Secretary o... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,886 | 566,788 |
200 | 1,036,933 | H001073 | 1,101 | Will | Hurd | Will Hurd | 20,170,110 | M | 1977-08-19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | TESTED ABILITY TO LEVERAGE EXCEPTIONAL NATIONAL TALENT ACT OF 2017 | such time as I may consume. prgtoken Today, I am urging my colleagues to support H.R. 39, the TALENT Act, introduced by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California. This bill passed the House on a strong bipartisan vote in the 114th Congress, and I am glad to be part of the team working to enact this important legisla... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,229 | 566,799 |
196 | 1,036,858 | O000168 | 833 | Pete | Olson | Pete Olson | 20,170,110 | M | 1962-12-09 | 54 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | TX | ENERGY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT | such time as I may consume. prgtoken , the Federal Government is a major consumer of electricity, and its information technologies account for a large and growing percentage of that major use. That is why we need H.R. 306, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, introduced by my good friend from California (Ms.... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 852 | 566,758 |
187 | 1,036,977 | T000250 | 178 | John | Thune | John Thune | 20,170,110 | M | 1961-01-07 | 56 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | SD | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017 | last week the Senate began consideration of the Care repeal resolution, which is the first step in the process of repealing the law. It is time for repeal. prgtoken Seven years ago, Care was sold to the American people with a lot of promises. The law was going to reduce premiums for families. It was going to fix proble... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,825 |
194 | 1,036,979 | B001261 | 773 | John | Barrasso | John Barrasso | 20,170,110 | M | 1952-07-21 | 64 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | WY | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017 | I would like to congratulate my colleague from South Dakota for his comments. I am hearing the same thing in Wyoming that he has been hearing about the Care health care law and the impact on people in his State. I am hearing the same thing. I heard it this past weekend in Wyoming talking to people about what impact Car... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,826 |
202 | 1,036,734 | M001193 | 1,115 | Tom | MacArthur | Thomas MacArthur | 20,170,110 | M | 1960-10-16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | NJ | HONORING RICHARD NOBLE | I rise today to honor the memory and life of veteran Richard Noble of the Third Congressional District, and to express my sincerest condolences to his family and loved ones he has left behind, as well as to recognize his steadfast dedication and service to our nation. prgtoken Richard Noble was a Vietnam War Veteran wh... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,172 | 566,685 |
189 | 1,036,870 | W000791 | 204 | Greg | Walden | Greg Walden | 20,170,110 | M | 1957-01-10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | OR | SMALL BUSINESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT | I want to thank the new subcommittee chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. I know our country is in good hands and our committee is as well with Mrs. Blackburn chairing that important subcommittee. I want to thank my colleague from California for his kind comments and his work over the years on... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,764 |
197 | 1,036,773 | C001093 | 980 | Doug | Collins | Doug Collins | 20,170,110 | M | 1966-08-16 | 50 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | GA | DESHAUN WATSON, A MAN OF CHARACTER | last night, as we all watched football, no matter who you rooted for, team sports also still comes down to individuals. Last night, a young man named Deshaun Watson--the favorite son of Gainesville, Georgia, my hometown--showed the character that I have witnessed since he was a young boy, playing with my son in the 7- ... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 1,204 | 566,722 |
192 | 1,036,997 | A000360 | 648 | Lamar | Alexander | Lamar Alexander | 20,170,110 | M | 1940-07-03 | 76 | 0 | 1 | Republican | sen | TN | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2017--Continued | we are engaged in the first step to debate what is important to virtually every American. What we want to do is to find good ways to reform and replace Care and then repeal the provisions of it that have damaged so many Americans. prgtoken Before we start talking about a big subject, sometimes it helps to ask the quest... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 3,000 | 566,834 |
195 | 1,036,918 | C001076 | 790 | Jason | Chaffetz | Jason Chaffetz | 20,170,110 | M | 1967-03-26 | 49 | 0 | 0 | Republican | rep | UT | MODERNIZING GOVERNMENT TRAVEL ACT | such time as I may consume. prgtoken , H.R. 274, the Modernizing Government Travel Act, is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts. Mr. Will Hurd of Texas and Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina have all come together on this bill. It is a good bill. prgtoken This bill came up in... | 2,017 | 1 | 10 | 2,436 | 566,791 |
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