Can you commit to providing this plan to the committee in writing within the week after Thanksgiving?

If these state offices are critical to the success of the Registered Apprenticeship system, isn't it true that the vacancies are going to undermine the effectiveness of the system?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize November as National Adoption Awareness Month. According to the Adoption Network, one out of every 25 families in the United States has an adopted child. That means adoption has directly touched the…

Congress must ensure that hard-earned taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and effectively.

Mr. Speaker I rise today to congratulate the faculty, staff, and students of Ann LeTort Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District on being recognized as the 2019-2020 National Blue Ribbon School. Mr. Speaker, the National Blue…

Thanks to pro-growth policies ushered in by Republican leadership in Congress and the White House, our economy is booming and unemployment is at historic lows.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize November 21 as National Rural Health Day. Nearly 60 million Americans call rural America home. It is a great place to live, to work, and to raise a family. To ensure the vitality and vibrancy of rural…

Mr. Speaker, this weekend I had the pleasure of joining volunteers of my district at the Port Matilda Baptist Church for the monthly CommonFood distribution event. CommonFood is an organization that works to provide underserved and…

the goal of Congress in establishing the EHRM programs was to establish one single record that follows servicemembers as they enlist in the military, perform their service, transition, and then for the rest of their lives.

when I think about just today sitting here that 20 men and women are going to take their life by suicide, men and women who have fought for our freedom, it is completely unacceptable and I do think it is the number one issue facing this…

I want to turn now to a different issue that concerns.

If we are going to have this management issue back and forth, we are really not achieving the underlying goal of this whole project.

if a patient needs to go to both, the VA and DOD, to get their complete record, we are not establishing--we are not meeting the goal of the system.

I am also a big proponent of accountability and not throwing a ton of money at problems and, you know, throwing everything and the kitchen sink and then not really having any accountability.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember President Lincoln's famous remarks in Gettysburg, 156 years ago today. In the Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln expressed some of the most important American values in just 272 words. At the time…

This bill will permit those small businesses to use their work in joint ventures or as subcontractors to count as past performance.

This bill is especially important to minority-owned small businesses.

This hurts the small businesses, especially their ability to bid and compete when contractors are prime.