Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Byrne).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), the chairman of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 5587. Mr. Speaker, a weak economy and advances in technology have dramatically changed today's job market, creating both challenges and opportunities for men…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 5587. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5587) to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the players, coaches, and staff of the State College Spikes on their 2-1 win over Hudson Valley last night to capture the New York-Penn League Championship. The New York-Penn League is a Class A…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5587, which addresses the most urgent workforce challenge in our Nation by updating and strengthening career and technical education programs at the secondary education level. First, the good…

Cuba ranks amongst the world's worst credit risk and debtor nations. Thus, I am confident we all agree that American taxpayers must not be exposed to any direct bailout of the Castro regime.

Let me be absolutely clear. Those of us who support sanctions and oppose financing transactions with the Castro regime do not do with the intent of harming American farmers.

According to Inter-American Law Review, the Castro regime's confiscation of U.S. assets was the largest uncompensated taking of American property by a foreign government in history.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Career technical education is critical to the development of a growing workforce. As I go into the schools today, I often ask the students: Why are you getting an education? These are…

We could be implementing policies that will further deteriorate the quality of public lands for generations to come.

I am begging you to visit your constituents in Boulder who are at the Savory Institute.

To suggest that there is not a better way than having the Federal Government in Washington, DC manage land is a little shocking.

I am proud of the work that they have done.

Did you cancel the research because you got sued?

This process that Mr. Bishop and Mr. Chaffetz have initiated has actually spawned a similar process in Wyoming.

The system that we implemented in the 1970s has been such a detriment to the resource.