I would say to my colleague and to the House, I did indeed have 11 townhalls 2 weeks ago after the bill he references passed. It didn't come up one time because the American people understand what that was all about, that there were two…

House Resolution 299 provides for the consideration of H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act. This resolution provides for a closed rule since no amendments were submitted to the Rules Committee. Mr. Speaker, the workforce of the…

My colleague from North Carolina and I worked together on many things, and I have great respect for her, but I think her argument ignores a very important fact about this bill, and that is that you can't be coerced into doing this. You…

I just want to address the issue of delinquent taxes for just a moment, if I may, and point out that, as reported in 2015, that there was $3.5 billion owed to the Federal Government by Federal workers; 3.1 percent of the Federal workforce…

By direction of the House Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 303 Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is hereby…

I think this is a critical issue for us. I think it helps us in terms of finding a pathway to balancing the budget if we can just stop sending out the money.

I would just like to say in addition: You are saying that it is the same remedies under the current law. But you have to remember, the cash-out provisions are also a strengthening of employees' rights under this bill; that at any time that…

In response to the gentleman's comments that he just made, it is well worth repeating: this bill actually strengthens protections for workers and increases penalties for abuse. It contains in it strong anticoercion provisions. We have to…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Let me say how grateful I am for the leadership of Chairwoman Foxx in the Education and the Workforce Committee. She and her staff have been instrumental in advancing this bill. I also want to…

I would like to point the gentleman to page 4 of the bill, in section 4, beginning on line 21: ``An employer that provides compensatory time under Paragraph 1 to employees shall not directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, or coerce or…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 299 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 299 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

The House Select Panel on Infant Lives, has forwarded 15 regulation and criminal referrals to DOJ regarding blatant violations of Federal statutes by Planned Parenthood and affiliated organizations.

I cannot understand why we have not had some enforcement effort on the agencies, particularly the ones who have the bigger numbers.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman

Do the consumers lose on this Covered Agreement, or who loses?

That is a game changer for you.

If there had been more transparency in the negotiations, could that have helped you a lot?

I think it took 18 days because they circled the wagons to try to figure out what in the heck was going on. I think he would have been dismissed because of the investigation at some point.