I continue to reserve the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has 6 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 3\3/4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time remains. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has 6 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 9\3/4\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to another member of the committee, the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Platts).

Mr. Chairman, I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to another distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy).

Mr. Chairman, I submit for the Record this letter from the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, with 243 associations and organizations in support of this legislation. Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, November 29, 2011. Dear…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Hurt).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ross).

Mr. Chairman, I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to another member of the committee, the gentleman from Nevada, Dr. Heck.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).

Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, the gentlelady just said that we should be addressing legislation to create jobs. That's exactly what we are doing today. At this time I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Health…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. The legislation we are considering today is straightforward. It reaffirms workforce protections that…

Less than 10 percent of residents in Tribal lands have access to broadband.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Of course I always hate to oppose something presented by my Minnesota delegation colleague, a veteran himself, but again I think we have a misguided amendment here. In the last amendment, we were…

I really would love to work with you and have my office work with you on helping our Tribes and our bands develop their biomass.

So building on success is certainly part of that story.

I want to thank you for bringing up Bois Forte in your written testimony.

I have seen first-hand how economic development has tremendously benefitted that community.