Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairwoman from North Carolina for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I certainly rise in favor of upward mobility. I rise in favor of greater opportunity. But this bill doesn't do that. I rise in opposition to this underlying…

Mr. Speaker, 63 percent of Americans support our leadership expanding pathways to greater opportunity through CTE, the better way. I want everyone who is willing to work in this country to succeed, but this legislation is not the answer. I…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 210, noes 218, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 495]…

Mr. Speaker, this motion will not delay passage of this bill or return it to committee. It is our last opportunity as a House to amend this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I am here to offer a motion to recommit that is about small business…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think dates matter and I think votes matter, and I think that sometimes because of where we are, this is kind of this Potomac amnesia. We say we want to…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Meuser moves to recommit the bill H.R. 582 to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report…

Mr. President, I start this afternoon with a topic we are all talking about--the horror that we saw and heard last night at a rally when there was a chant over and over again--we have seen the footage of it--of ``send her back.'' I condemn…

Mr. Speaker, there should not be anybody in this room arguing that $7.25 an hour is sufficient for a worker's well-being. When adjusted for inflation, $7.25 is less than the Federal minimum wage of 50 years ago. I support this bill because…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. When I was a teenager, at 14 years old, one of my first jobs was serving as a dishwasher at Smoketown family restaurant. I had no previous work experience, but the owner took a chance on…

Today, someone can apply at that company and have no experience and start at $16 an hour. That wasn't a government prescription. That is the free enterprise system at work. I am very, very proud, as the result of the work that we have done…

Mr. Speaker, I started, like many folks did, working when I was a young man. People have different reasons for seeking employment. I needed to get out of the house, as some things were happening at the house, but I didn't have any skills…

The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 for the explicit purpose of protecting workers from substandard wages. That landmark bill passed the House by a vote of 291-89. By the letter of that law, the minimum standard of living…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for hosting this Special Order and continuing to elevate this issue and keep talking about it. The last time that we were speaking on this floor about the crisis on our southern border with…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the importance of American manufacturing and to highlight Pennsylvania's contributions. This week, the White House hosted its annual Made in America showcase, displaying products from all 50 States…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today, as a number of my colleagues have, to recognize that this Saturday, July 20, is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the…

Madam President, I rise to discuss this urgent issue of pensions and our legislative proposal to address this looming crisis. I commend and salute the work of Senator Manchin, my colleague from West Virginia, for his indefatigable work on…

Madam Chair, may I inquire how much time is left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Washington has 10\1/2\ minutes.

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DelBENE. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record letters of support for H.R. 748. The ERISA Industry Committee, Washington, DC, July 15, 2019. Dear Member of Congress: This week, the House is expected…