I want to commend Erik Paulsen, who led a letter earlier this year, along with myself, to the President.

We hope to have him up to Connecticut.

We are concerned about the EU ban on United States shellfish.

I had an opportunity to meet with the Greater Hartford Labor Board and they posed a series of questions.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the balance of our time today be managed by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), a member of the committee. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I shall consume. I knew the majority would come here and talk about the middle class. They are trying to escape from their failure to help take action to provide jobs for middle class Americans…

Reducing those delays just helps the rural community so much, and agriculture is the foundation of our economy.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It is too bad that we don't have a position called fact-checker on the floor. We could yield to the fact-checker every time something is misstated. If there were such a position here…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My colleagues on the Republican side in the House are so blinded by their ideology that they will not or cannot see reality or hear other voices. So here is the reality: 7-plus…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. The evidence is clear that more people would have their hours reduced if this bill passed than might be true under the present ACA. I said what the CBO has said in terms of reduced hours of work. Once…

The central promise of this law was that if you liked your arrangements, this law would not negatively affect you and, indeed, it would benefit you with lower costs, and that central promise clearly has been broken.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, we learned the details of the Ryan budget, a proposal that would have devastating impacts on my western New York community. For seniors, the Ryan budget would put Medicare on the road to privatization, handing older…

If people like their plan, they may not be able to keep it.

I have to tell you, when I hear things like that this law is causing premiums to decline sharply for Americans, I don't know what to say after having dealt with so many disappointed constituents in my district.

I think anybody--a reasonable person would agree that before we agree to negotiate further reductions, the party should be in compliance with existing treaties.

In fact, to the contrary, they have said flatly they have no interest in doing anything beyond New START.

Mr. Speaker, throughout American history, the path to prosperity has been infrastructure. It has been paving that path, building that road, constructing the transcontinental railroad, improving water systems, extending electrification to…

First, I would tell you that--two things in terms of Senator Landrieu. She has, in fact, spoken to me on numerous occasions about her concerns about this issue but, more importantly, she has shown a willingness to stand for all veterans in…