the importance of comprehensive immigration reform from a business innovation standpoint.

I think about our small and big businesses.

A lot of the good ideas that we have seen in our State and across the country comes from the states.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his hard work on this and so many other bills in the Education and the Workforce Committee. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of this package of legislation. This bill is…

Mr. Speaker, 33 percent of Americans have no retirement savings. This is why it is so difficult to understand why the Department of Labor recently finalized a ``fiduciary rule'' that will harm the ability of Americans, especially those of…

Mr. President, today I rise with my colleague from Maine, Senator Susan Collins, to bring attention to the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and the loving caregivers who take care of them. One in…

I firmly believe that mental health is one of our country's most pressing unmet needs.

The veterans of the cleanup of the Enewetak Atoll have not gotten the benefits that they earned.

Like the Members of this Committee, one of my highest priorities as a Senator is making sure that our veterans and their families get every benefit that they deserve.

I'm proud of the work that we've been able to accomplish on mental health, but we have a long way to go.

I want to talk about something that is of particular interest to me and that I was very glad we were able to get into ESSA, which is making sure that foster kids can stay in their school when they change foster parents.

I was very disappointed that the spending bill did not provide adequate funding for ESSA student support and academic enrichment grants.

The law explicitly prohibits the secretary from interfering, yet that is precisely what your proposal would do.

I could not agree with your words more at that point and I appreciate hearing that perspective.

[The Every Student Succeeds Act] is clear: Education decision-making now rests with states and districts, and the federal role is to support and inform those decisions.

You can trust that we will abide by the letter of the law as we move forward.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passing the joint resolution…

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to stand with the American people today and protect access to affordable retirement advice by voting to override the President's veto. I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question…