I do appreciate your apology. I take it with the sincerity with which you gave it.

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 gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Scott of…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment to H.R. 5, which will ensure children's products are safe for use. In 2015, there were an estimated 254,200 toy-related injuries treated in emergency departments across the Nation…

Mr. Chairman, I want to emphasize what is at stake here. We are talking about delay or forgoing regulations that protect our children, regulations that give parents like me the peace of mind that when I buy a bottle for my daughter, Sky, I…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment to H.R. 5 at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 37, line 9. Page 38…

Mr. Speaker, I have the great privilege and honor of representing Silicon Valley in the United States Congress. We are living through revolutionary times. If 100 years ago we had the industrial revolution, today we have the software…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question and allow an amendment to be put forward on H.R. 356, the Protecting Our Democracy Act. A public report was released on Friday by the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney), my valued colleague on the committee. Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 306, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, sponsored by the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am really pleased to rise today in support of this legislation, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act. I want to thank my colleague and friend, Mr. Olson, for…

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko) for joining us. I can assure you, we will be back. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, indeed, we do have an extraordinary country. Down through the last 230 years, this Congress has met, has discussed, decided, voted upon, and set in place policies that advanced our country. And we are so very fortunate, all of…

As we look at this issue, this conversation puts before us and the American people really two paths to travel. The President-elect recently said: We're going to repeal ObamaCare, and it'll be great. And our Republican colleagues have…

Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure for me to be on the floor with Representative Tonko because of his passion, his knowledge, his ability to articulate with clarity, in this case, the importance of the Social Security program, Medicare…

I was just thinking that I have got more stories to tell, but I really want to turn to our colleague from New York. Mr. Tonko and I are often on the floor--with you also--to discuss jobs in America, how to enhance our American economy with…

Thank you very much, Ms. Kaptur. I loved your talk of the history and how it came to pass that we have Social Security and Medicare and what happened when we did not. It was really profound. It reminded me of my own history. I remember, as…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Tonko very much. It is always a pleasure and learning experience to be on the floor with Mr. Tonko. I now yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur). We are about to wrap it up as we are nearly out of time.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise not as a Member of Congress, but as a doctor. When I graduated medical school and took that oath, there are two core ethics that we take when we take that oath: to do good. And that is exactly what we tried to do…

Before we legislate, we have an obligation to take the time to hold hearings, gather the necessary information, consider the views of stakeholders, and weigh the decisions that will help sustain a strong and stable future for NASA.