I reintroduced a piece of legislation, the American Innovation and Jobs Act, along with Senator Hassan.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Fort Hood's number of open sex-crime cases warranted three times the number of sexual assault investigators than what they were allocated.

I share your concern about the conditions at Fort Hood and look forward to hearing from our panelists today.

Anything specific to Fort Hood that you can tell us about that you have done to repair the relationships locally there?

If the United States does not preserve immediate expensing, it will become one of only two countries in the industrialized world.

What I'll say is these allegations are really disturbing. They are serious and they need to be investigated as they are. And that investigation, of course, is underway.

The American republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can't buy the public with the public's money.

This pandemic has impacted us all. It has been particularly troublesome for our youth, as the witnesses talked about today.

Students learning remotely are missing out on higher-quality instruction from the in-person attention during formative years of their development.

I watched this debate. I have to say, we have an old saying: ``How do you eat an elephant? A bite at a time.'' We have had two bites today. Mr. Speaker, this is not about what everybody is talking about. It is about the Second Amendment…

If we adopt the motion to recommit, we will instruct the Committee on Education and Labor to consider an amendment to prohibit labor organizations from encouraging illegal immigrants to join their ranks. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Banks moves to recommit the bill H.R. 842 to the Committee on Education and Labor. The material…

The Democratic Party claims to have the best interest of American workers at heart so, please, prove it. Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the motion to recommit.

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and onerous government restrictions, the last year has been among the toughest for working Americans in our Nation's history. Congress' foremost duty today is to help the millions of hurting American workers…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206, nays 218, not voting 7, as…

I thank Chairman Scott for this time and opportunity to speak in support of H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. Unions are the backbone of northwest Indiana's economy, and we must do all we can to strengthen the ability for…

Today, I rise in opposition to H.R. 842. Like many other bills in this Congress, the majority has rushed this bill to the floor with no deliberation in committee. To be clear, I have never opposed union rights to organize. In fact, I have…