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June 21, 2024
Those are 2 520 for the home that is venting. This is one of those regulations that is too expensive to afford. The cost is as trom call and d. O. E. Seas the cogs to the American Consumer is 12 billion to install these furnarnses. You are going to save. An amendment. I think this is one of those areas where you look at how much it is going to cost. It is why this amendment is so widely supported and i encourage support for the blackburn amendment. I yield back. Opinion of the chair mblingt of. ...
June 21, 2024
The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 228 and the yeas are 192, the joint resolution is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to House Resolution 223 and rule 18, the chair declares the committee in the whole house for further consideration of h. R. 2028. Will the gentleman from georgia mr. Collins, kindly take the chair. The clerk bill making appropriations for energy and Water Development and related agencies for the fiscal year 2016 and for other pu...
June 21, 2024
Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its importan...
June 21, 2024
House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentlem...
June 21, 2024
Meet the standards. They are the same as the old bulbs, except they last longer, use less electricity and save consumers money. We heard for the Energy Efficiency standards restrict choice. If you shop for light bulbs, you know that isnt true either. Modern incandescent light bulbs and l. E. D. Of every shape, size and color are available. Consumers never had more choice. The efficiency standards spurns innovation that expanded options for consumers. They claim they would cost consumers money. I...
June 21, 2024
Captioning performed by vitac forward to hearing first from sloan gibson. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairman isakson Ranking Member blumenthal and the committee, were committed to making the Choice Program work and to providing veterans timely and geographically accessible care, using care in the community whenever necessary. Ill talk shortly about what were doing and the help that we need from congress to make all of that happen. First, i want to talk very briefly about access to care. Most morn...
June 21, 2024
Public of the need for validity of a broad program. The concept delineating between the number of people affected or how targets are picked, versus the program itself, i think is valuable, and it gets to a question that i would like a from everybody on. There is a trust problem that now exists, for whatever series of reasons. An example of a concern that i at least have was revealed through a usa today piece that came out last month that revealed that the dea had been conducting a Metadata Colle...
June 20, 2024
And still do one prescription per patient. One of the things we have done since this is all come to light is to a remind all pharmacies in massachusetts and remind hospitals getting products that it needs to be one prescription per patient for exactly the reasons we have discussed. I appreciate it a mr. Chairman i know my time is up and i appreciate this hearing being held. Earlier today somebody said there would be more hearings and i certainly hope there arent a hope we can get some answers an...
June 20, 2024
The president pro tempore a quorum is not present. The majority leader. Mr. Reid i move to instruct the sergeant at arms to request the presence of absent senators. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be a sufficient second. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Quorum call vote the presiding officer are there other senators who wish to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 78, the nays are 18. The motion to instruct the sergeant at arm...
June 20, 2024
Right or the privilege or the ability to ask for an extension and a raising of our debt when, in fact, we havent acted responsibly with our spending . Nobody else in the country gets their credit raised when you havent acted responsibly. They actually check your credit score. They know what kind of bills youre paying, whether youre getting further behind. So should we in fact tear up the credit card. Should we force some good old adult supervision on congress, to where well actually be forced to...