My career as a political scientist. And this has been amongst if not the most satisfying intellectually to work with john and work with all the authors who are all crs analysts and experts who in addition to their regular duties i want to emphasize that in addition to answering the requests that come in from members of congress and their staffs, in addition to that sat down and found the time oftentimes outside of regular work hours on the weekends and in the evenings to write these very insightful chapters. And i think its im very proud to be part of the institution of the Congressional Research service at the library of congress, also a terrific institution. And were very happy every day coming to work to help serve members of congress and with the goal of an informed national legislature. So as long as were we continue to be funded, as long as Congress Wants us to be there and help them, well keep showing up for work. And producing hopefully more documents like the one we produced f
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The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 35563. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent that i may hearafter be considered as the first ponce juror of h. R. 637, a bill introduced by representative schock of illinois for purposes of adding cosponsor and requesting printing pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. The house will come to order. Please take conversations off of the floor. The house will come to order. For what purpose does the gentleman from seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to pay my respects to the young women who died suddenly in savannah, georgia, yesterday
Rep. Smith the combination of hydraulic fracturing called fracking this technological breakthrough has helped create hundreds of thousands of jobs for the resurging Manufacturing Sector and has allowed the nation to become more energy independent. As with any type of technological process, any risk must be evaluated carefully. By the use of verifiable science. Unfortunately, opponents make claims based on the possibility and not the probability of associated risk. Environmental protections agencies have used this to wrongly assert a connection between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. In texas, the epa issued an unprecedented order that halted Natural Gas Development only to have them investigate and find the epa was wrong. They released a report that found hydraulic fracturing caused water contamination. It was later discovered that the report had several glaring weaknesses. They failed to take into account naturally occurring natural gas. It was not peerreviewed. Th
He goes on to say quote this goes to the very heart of what is the mad isonian system if the president can unilaterally change the laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them, it takes offline that very thing that stabilizes our system. I believe our members will loathe the day they allow that to happen. When i teach constitutional law i ask my students what is the limiting principle of your argument. When that question is presented to this white house too often the answer is in the first person, that the president is the limiting principal or at least the limiting person. We cant rely on that type of assurance in our system. Madison knew no people can be given total power without limits he goes on to say professor turley does quote the problem of what the president is doing is that he is not simply posing a danger to the constitutional system. He is becoming the very danger the constitution was designed to avoid. That is the concentration of power in any single branch. This new