Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3949 allows multi-State apprenticeship programs to go through GI Bill approval in just the State that they are headquartered in, streamlining the approval process so…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Khanna), who is not just a national voice, but a global voice on manufacturing entrepreneurism, and apprenticeships; and who is one of the authors of this piece of…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California and his coauthors. Again, this is smart. He is leaning into this, bringing innovation. He came to the Veterans' Affairs Committee and looked at ways that we can streamline this process. It…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise in support of H.R. 4173. I would like to thank the gentleman, Mr. Banks of Indiana, for his work on this. This is a piece of legislation very near and dear…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, over the last 2 days, we have passed 14 bills out of this committee, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, affecting everything from suicide and suicide prevention to…

Mr. Speaker, again, it makes great sense. We are in full support of the bill. I urge my colleagues to join me in support of H.R. 2601. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I think we have to modernize the Universal Service Fund.

I introduced the Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband bill, including--I think Senators Capito and Sullivan worked with me on that...

I'm one of the co-chairs of the Broadband Caucus. We've been working really hard, especially to try to get infrastructure funding in any kind of an infrastructure bill that could come across our desk.

If someone has committed domestic violence they should not be able to purchase a gun.

You know, one of the first things that he did as president was signed a bill that got rid of a provision that made it harder for people with mental illness to get guns. This is a gun issue.

This is important. This is a foreign power interfering in our elections. That goes at the very core of who we are as a country, as a democracy.

As President Obama said, thoughts and prayers aren't enough and people have to continue to make their voices heard.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate three young women in my district who have earned an exciting leadership role in the community. Bethlehem Kobluk, Brooklyn Harren, and Madeline Bell have all been named 2017 Sauk Rapids Community…

One argument that we often hear from my friends across the aisle is that we need to open more federal land to drilling...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Monticello Public Schools Superintendent Jim Johnson for his work and dedication to Minnesota's children. After 18 years serving Monticello, 12 of them spent as superintendent, Jim is heading into a…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a leader in our community who has received a great honor. Skip Dolan, the head boys basketball coach for the Annandale Cardinals, was inducted into the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in…

I hope this hearing will be a reminder of why we need a bipartisan approach to tax reform that addresses the real needs of tribal communities.