My contention would be that a kid with an ear infection who does not have insurance is less likely to get it treated and more likely to miss school.

This is ridiculous the way this is working.

I think that is what every parent in the country thought when they heard No Child Left Behind.

I rise today to commend the communities of Minnesota's Red River Valley for their extraordinary flood mitigation efforts this year. Spring flooding in the Red River Valley is an enormous challenge to my constituents in Moorehead and in…

One thing I think everyone agrees we need to be looking at in this new reauthorization is how we do this testing.

Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Texas, I would like to yield myself a minute. My friend from Illinois was just here. I'm sorry that he left. He underscored for me one of the many problems with this legislation. It turns…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield now 3 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).

Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. McMorris Rodgers). Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4247, the Keeping All Children Safe Act, and I urge my…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I wanted to touch on a couple of things that we have talked about in the course of this debate that I find to be interesting. We have heard an appeal from one of the Members here…

I'm very proud that in Minnesota--even in these tough times--the State legislature invested $47 million in the Statewide Health Improvement Program.

I will be yielding to Mr. Souder momentarily, and then I will close. Mr. Speaker, at this time I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Souder).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I agree with the chairman. This is a technical amendment. It changes the short title of the bill and some other technical and clarifying changes to the bill. While I still cannot support the…

Mr. Speaker, can I inquire as to the amount of time remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota has 13 minutes left, and the gentleman from California has 12 minutes left.

I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4247, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me begin by stating unequivocally that the incidents uncovered by the GAO are unacceptable. No child should be put in physical danger by the use of…

Mr. Speaker, at this time I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

Mr. Speaker, I rise to claim the time in opposition, although I will not oppose the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I think that your groups should lay out the fact that they are in trouble now, and if we don't get this thing done, what impact, the rippling effect it is just going to have on your ability to plan highways to the future.

Americans spend 4.2 billion hours a year stuck in traffic, at a cost to the economy of $78.2 billion.