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May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 30 seconds remaining.

I believe that I am in opposition, do I not have the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina indicated her support for the amendment.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I plan to vote in favor of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina will be postponed. {time} 1830 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina has 45 seconds remaining.

It is interesting to hear this debate because the very State that the gentleman is from is a right-to-work State. I find it just amazing. He comes down here and suggests that somehow Washington, D.C., knows better than his own home State…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike page 30, line 17, and all that follows through page 31, line 2. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

Woman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting Chair. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

This amendment is a weak attempt to lend lip service to employee privacy, but it fails to reduce the PRO Act's invasion of workers' personal lives. Simply because this amendment says the bill shall not be construed to affect employee…

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 North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Norcross The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 14, line 25, strike ``the names of all employees'' and all that follows through…

I have to say that saying that this is the most antiworker President ever in the country is just pretty far off the mark. And we are, on our side of the aisle, I believe, the most proworker people in the Congress. American workers have the…

I urge the bill's passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

All of us have come together to give a little bit of what we got in big doses, and that was compassion and care from a man who was not only strongest in his convictions, but resolute in those convictions as well. So I rise in support. I…

I will just cut to the chase. Let's get this thing done and get it over with and make sure that we show the ``respect'' that we should. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Again, this bill actually takes five different laws that have really not been codified in an appropriate manner, brings them together under one umbrella, and allows us to address this in a meaningful way, a commonsense bill. Mr. Speaker, I…

I appreciate all the points that my friends opposite are making. In fact, I have made some of the very same points when we talk about reform bills. The problem is, all the wonderful things that they are talking about in this bill do not…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, and I would also join him. We have got a number of great unions that I have had the privilege of getting to know over this time as we looked at comprehensive reform, and his acknowledging them and…