Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am very happy to stand in support of my bill, H.R. 2197, the York River Wild and Scenic Rivers Study Act, and I want to start by thanking Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Grijalva, and tonight Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment to say to Mr. Hastings, I really do appreciate the work you have done in your committee, the bipartisan activity in your committee, and truly for your assistance in bringing this bill to the floor. I…

Mr. Speaker, tonight the House passed legislation addressing an issue that is near and dear to my heart and very important to Michigan involving Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park. For years, there has been a back and forth between the…

Mr. Speaker, it must be very painful for people to watch this when affected--whether you are on a river or whether you are on the ocean--because it is painful to see that some of the people who are opposed to this bill also voted ``no'' on…

Over the years, I have been in many hearings like this where we discuss terrorism and we discuss attacks.

I have come to the conclusion that there is only one thing holding up peace right now... and that is that the Palestinian people will not forcefully and forthrightly announce that they do not have a right to return to the pre-1967 borders…

It seems to me that we have been listening to the Palestinians and before, 20 years ago when I first came here it seemed to me that Israel wasn't listening.

I guess what I am getting out of this is that the old expression 'follow the money' is very applicable here.

Since that time I think Israel has made tremendous concessions to the Palestinians.

To get right to the point is that was a lot of valuable property.

And it seems to me we have seen lots of concessions from the Israelis but I--as time has gone on, I haven't seen the concessions from the Palestinians.

The effort to boycott and delegitimize Israel is anti-Semitism, plain and simple.

U.S. taxpayer money should not be paying and rewarding Palestinian terrorists for doing harm and killing Israelis and Americans.

This rule does not, however, change the rather significant imbalance that workers face in the election process.

Health care entitlements are going to increase by about 115 percent, more than double.

The longer the delay between the filing of the petition and the election date, the more likely it is that the NRLB will issue complaints charging employers with illegal activity.

This modest rule is designed to ensure that workers have a fair, modern, and standardized process for deciding whether to be represented by a union.

I am, obviously, disappointed we did not deal with the mandatory side, and I know we are going to have to as a body, on a bipartisan basis.