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Do you believe that this 2006 NTSB recommendation has been addressed and implemented by the FAA?

It is not because of the lack of love that we are not able to feed our children.

The kind of systematic barriers that exist in prosperity, that is the conversation we should be having.

I am appalled that we get to sit here and have conversations as Americans about being the most charitable country in the world, and not being charitable enough to house our homeless, feed our children, care for our veterans.

Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute and express my gratitude to Alana Petersen, my deputy chief of staff and long time staff leader for the Minnesota congressional delegation. Alana is retiring from her official role after serving…

Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 310. Amendment No. 65 Offered by Ms. Porter The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman…

Mr. Speaker, I find myself in rule debate today because my very reasonable amendment was not made in order. The amendment was germane to the bill, written with proper offsets, and in accordance with House rules. The denial of my amendment…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to call up H.R. 3056, an emergency supplemental to provide critically needed funding for the humanitarian crisis at the border, and ask for its immediate consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

Mr. Speaker, this is unacceptable. I want to debate the merits of my amendment by discussing how this will follow the rules and benefit jobs in my district. Instead, I am here to discuss the failed process and how antimining groups changed…

Mr. Speaker, I want to echo the concerns of my colleague and friend, Mr. Stauber, over the rejection of our reasonable amendment to this bill in the Rules Committee. In their very last days, the Obama administration ordered Federal control…

These same men and women, these miners, are Minnesotans first. We are proud of our State's natural beauty, and we are experts when it comes to how to preserve it. I believe my State is perfectly capable of abiding by the existing rules and…

Madam Chairwoman, I urge my colleagues as well to support this commonsense amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Chairwoman, I would like to point out that I, too, am concerned about $22 trillion in deficits. But I can tell you, the rural people in my district, they are very concerned about the $1 trillion tax bill that was a giveaway to the…

Madam Chair, education is at the core of our communities, but for too long, students have been told that traditional, 4-year degrees are their only option for finding good-paying jobs. In reality, we have a major skills gap in Minnesota…

Madam Chair, every Minnesotan deserves access to high- quality healthcare no matter where they live. However, too many of my neighbors face difficulty traveling long distances to the nearest hospital or even finding a nearby pharmacy. On…