Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant for receiving the Above and Beyond Award from the U.S. Department of Defense. This award recognizes employers who have gone above and beyond the legal…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Ramsey Fire Chief Dean Kapler, who recently announced his upcoming retirement. Since 1993, Dean Kapler has been responsible for every aspect of the Ramsey Fire Department, a responsibility that he…

Finally, it means ensuring a limited Federal role.

It means equipping students with the skills they need for today's in demand jobs, not the skills that were needed in yesterday's workforce.

Strengthening career and technical education should be the next step in that important effort.

I urge all of you to ensure that every child in America has the same opportunities as I did.

I agree 100 percent, we need to look at the funding and we need to fund more of these programs so these young people can come out and do productive things.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and honor one of the great families in Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District, the Bernicks, and their business that is celebrating an incredible 100 years of operation. Bernick's was founded in 1916 in…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate April Meyers for being named the 2016 Citizen of the Year in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year was created by the Sauk Rapids Chamber and is meant to recognize…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate National Police Week, a time when we remember the men and women in blue who paid the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect and serve our great Nation. The great State of Minnesota is home to many…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to address a national epidemic: opioid addiction and abuse. Addiction is a disease that does not discriminate based on age, education, or wealth, and it even happens in small town Minnesota. Recently I learned firsthand…

If the Create Jobs Act was enacted today with the average OECD corporate tax rate at about 25 percent, the U.S. corporate income tax would be reduced to about 20 percent.

It is a privilege to represent the people of Minnesota, and I know they are pleased to see that Washington is working on comprehensive tax reform that will help lift Americans out of poverty, put more money back in the pockets of families…

At 39 percent, the United States has the highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world. This puts us, America, at a tremendous disadvantage, sending jobs, companies, and tax dollars overseas to countries which have far more…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Barletta for yielding the time and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act. Like many of the bills the House has slated to…

I think the things that have been spoken by my colleagues talking about veteran health care in a vacuum outside of health care in general is the wrong way to go about this.

It is obvious you have elevated this to the highest level.

I think all of you have hit on this. It is the people we are not reaching.