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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Elk River Area School District. As we closed out 2019, Elk River received an award for the district's efforts to lead in educational approaches involving technology. Sourcewell Technology's annual…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Christine Kustelski, the Southside unit director of the Boys & Girls Club of Central Minnesota, for her recent induction into the Youth Intervention Hall of Fame. This prestigious honor, one that only…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the Human Services staff in Anoka County, Minnesota, for receiving the Local Government Innovation Award. These Innovation Awards highlight counties, cities, townships, and schools that have found…
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding and for her leadership of the House Financial Services Committee and my friend and colleague from Ohio (Mr. Gonzalez) for his kind words about this bill. Madam Speaker, I…
Congress has an important role to play in ensuring that Americans know their government is doing everything it can to protect their savings and their retirement, and this bill will help us get there. I want to thank my colleagues who have…
I hope that cooler heads prevail and that we deploy diplomacy and look at using many of the tools that we have in our toolbox.
Mr. Speaker, January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, so I rise today to renew my resolve to eradicate the horrific injustice that is human trafficking. Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery, as it strips individuals of…
Madam Speaker, this administration says starving the Iranian economy is in defense of human rights, when it is an abuse of them; and that their withdrawal from the nuclear deal was a demonstration of American leadership, when it was an…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Christopher Stewart of North Lakes Academy charter school in Forest Lake, Minnesota. Mr. Stewart took learning to a new level this past year, participating in a program designed to preserve and amplify…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Amy Hafez, Andrew Bremer, and Emily Beagle, fellows in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 116th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the recent passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H.R. 5038. I want to thank my colleague from the State of Washington, Mr. Dan Newhouse, and my colleagues from across the aisle for working in…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Starkey Hearing Technologies, a Minnesota-based manufacturer of hearing aids, for earning a place on Time magazine's list of Best 2019 Inventions. Starkey's invention of the Livio AI hearing aid…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate an outstanding athlete from Anoka, Minnesota. Reese Dehen, this year, became a repeat State champion in swimming. She won the State swimming title in the Class AA 200 individual medley, and then…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Stan Nelson for his decades of service to the United States and to the city of Anoka, Minnesota. Stan is well known throughout his community as a man of faith, family, and football. Some know Stan as…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5377, the bipartisan Restoring Tax Fairness to States and Localities Act, legislation that will provide immediate relief to American families. Elimination of the State and local tax deduction…
Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate my son Jonas, who graduates tomorrow from North Dakota State University's College of Agriculture and Applied Science. When Jonas was in high school, he took postsecondary education classes at Inver Hills…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of USMCA. This trade agreement is a win for Minnesota's family farmers and small business owners. It protects American workers and creates certainty and new opportunity moving forward with our largest…
Madam Speaker, on March 7, 1788, six months after the Constitution was signed at Independence Hall, Alexander Hamilton laid out in detail the standards for impeachment in the Federalist papers. Impeachment should, quote `proceed from the…