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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2096) to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 331) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
House floor actionsConsidered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2581-2587)
Agreed To
House floor actionsThe House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-151, by Mrs. Houchin.
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For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
This bill aims to curb overdose deaths by permanently scheduling fentanyl analogues as schedule I substances, Mr. Speaker. This will strengthen law enforcement's ability to prosecute fentanyl traffickers and act as a deterrent.
An individual who works at the Russian Embassy holding a Russian passport in their pocket, residing in the United States Capital of Washington, D.C., for simply 30 days, could walk out of the embassy, walk to a polling location and, because Washington, D.C., does not even have photo ID, would not need to pull their Russian passport out of their pocket…
I rise in support of H.R. 2056, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act, introduced by my good friend from Louisiana, Mr. Clay Higgins.
When we were under Democratic majority control in recent years, since I have been in Congress, the Democrats supported and did not oppose some policy and legislative decisions at the municipal level in our Nation's Capital that we knew would injure our Nation's Capital in the realm of law enforcement.
I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 884, that would prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia. This is a commonsense bill.
I urge my colleagues to continue to be strong and vote in support of this because we know that it passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support last year. Fifty-two Democrats sided with Republicans.
It takes an all-of-the-above approach for this issue, and we are willing to do an all-of-the-above approach. I ask my colleagues to support this bill. It is extremely important. The DEA alone has said that they support this, and it is time we do it.
For far too long, our communities have been plagued by poisonings from fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances. Every one of our congressional districts have been affected by this crisis. Kids are dying. They are dying, and Congress has got to make this permanent.
This bill would permanently place fentanyl analogues into schedule I of the CSA. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse,
This is a historic moment, Mr. Speaker. House Republicans are delivering on a promise to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl that, for years, has been flooding our communities and, tragically, tearing families apart.
I rise today in strong support of the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently extends President Trump's 2018 schedule I classification of fentanyl-related substances.
I rise today in strong support of the HALT Fentanyl Act, critical legislation to crack down on the criminals who produce, traffic, and sell fentanyl and fentanyl- related substances.
Once again, Democrats are taking the 20 percent side on another 80-20 issue. The American people do not want illegal aliens voting. They shouldn't be here to begin with. They have no claim on our resources. They certainly should not influence our political system in any respect.
We must give our law enforcement the tools to combat this problem. This bill does exactly that. It permanently reschedules fentanyl and its analogues as a schedule I narcotic, and it gives our law enforcement agencies the tools that they need to begin dealing with this problem.
I strongly oppose H.R. 2056, which would effectively nullify laws, policies, and practices duly enacted by the District of Columbia because I strongly support the ability of the residents of the District of Columbia to govern themselves on local matters.
The bills in this rule today are nothing more than a cheap distraction and another smokescreen from House Republicans, who are desperate to change the subject. I get why.
I rise in opposition to S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act. The House approved this bill in February, and since that time, the Trump administration has set its sights on dismantling our Nation's public health infrastructure, including the agency directly responsible for addressing mental health and substance abuse disorders.
I strongly oppose H.R. 884, which would repeal a law duly enacted by the District of Columbia because D.C. should be free to govern its own local matters.
I strongly oppose this undemocratic, paternalistic bill, which would repeal a law enacted by the locally elected District of Columbia Government and impose a new law on D.C.
As many of my colleagues, of course, are well aware, there was a terrible, heinous terrorist attack in my district 10 days ago in Boulder, Colorado. We have introduced a resolution, H. Res. 476. It is a bipartisan resolution. Several of my Republican colleagues have joined me on this resolution.
As a new Member of Congress, I was under the understanding that our job here is to lift up the voices of those in this country that hold our Nation together with their own hands: The working parents who will absolutely go hungry and will come home to empty refrigerators when their SNAP benefits are cut under the majority's big, cruel bill.
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