Mr. Chairman, frankly, maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Cicilline The Acting…

I thank the gentleman very much. I will conclude by saying that what this bill is doing is seeking to usurp the powers of the President, particularly President Obama, and my friends on the other side, although I never attribute any…

Mr. Chair, let me thank the ranking member for his kindness, the managers of this legislation, and all of my colleagues that have come to the floor to try to seek truth. We have often said, Truth to power. The Constitution is the powerful…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule for H.R 4138, The ENFORCE The Law Act of 2014 and the underlying bill. H.R. 4138 purports to provide a mechanism for one House of Congress to enforce the ``take care'' clause in article II…

I thank the gentleman for that very astute analysis, and I want to conclude, if I might, by saying that I respect the separation of powers, and I understand what my colleague said, and Mr. Conyers is very right. This amendment does not gut…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add, at the end of the bill, the following: (d) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act limits or…

Thank you for your leadership in holding this hearing, and to all of you, thank you for being here and bearing through a bunch of politicians.

I appreciate the diverse panel that has gathered here, and the important insights you guys are able to provide on the prevalence of concussions in sports.

I believe those issues merit deeper consideration than they are likely to get at today's hearing.

In my home State of Illinois, similar legislation was passed in 2011 to require that education boards throughout the State work with the Illinois High School Association to adopt guidelines that raise awareness of concussion symptoms.

Such high profile initiatives are important to combatting this issue, and I applaud the Chicago Bears for their leadership.

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding. We talk about this country as a country of law, and transparency gets thrown around, as does accountability, all the time, yet we fail. We come up short time and time again. The current…

So that 111,000 of the 162,000 are people taking on two or three jobs. That certainly shows the need for raising the minimum wage, for goodness sakes, that you have to take two or three jobs to make ends meet.

the work week is getting less and less and less. And is that a consistent trend?

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I may hereafter be considered to be the first sponsor of H.J. Res. 43, removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment, a bill originally introduced by Representative…

We think the actions on export reform that have already been taken are very important and we appreciate the progress that has been made.

We don't want to, in any way, legislate what FDA should approve. But we want to get a more transparent and a more effective system of evaluating these important ingredients for this terrible cancer.