Mr. President, first of all, I congratulate the chairman and ranking member of the Agriculture appropriations subcommittee for the excellent work they have done and for bringing a bipartisan bill before the Senate. Shortly, Senator Patty…

Mr. President, I rise today with my colleagues Senator Collins and Senator Udall to raise the concern of nutrition guidelines in our schools. This amendment aims to clarify school nutrition standards to ensure that they appropriately…

There's a lot of finger-pointing in Washington these days about who is blocking our economic recovery, but there's plenty of blame to go around on both sides of the aisle. China is literally robbing us of our factories and our…

Madam President, I rise today to commend Martin's Point Health Care in Portland, ME, for its outstanding accomplishment of scoring two five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, for its Medicare Advantage…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011. This bill would enhance the research programs established in the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and…

Mr. President, I rise today in the wake of another very sobering jobs report. Unemployment remains stalled at 9.1 percent; 14 million Americans are out of work; another 9 million have been forced into part-time jobs because they simply…

I thank my colleague and friend from Ohio for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the proposed trade agreement. The Panama free trade agreement is structured exactly like NAFTA, a trade policy that resulted in…

I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO in opposition to all three FTAs. Building and Construction Trades Department, Washington, DC, June 27, 2011. Dear House of…

At this time I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), who has fought harder and longer for fair trade than any Member I have served with.

May I inquire how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maine has 11 minutes remaining, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 8 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 6\1/2\ minutes…

May I inquire how much time remains on all sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maine has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining, the gentleman from Michigan has 3 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 3\3/4\ minutes…

The Korea trade agreement is bad for workers who carry a lunch bucket like this one. At this time I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Kissell).

I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Critz) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Mr. CRITZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield to the Representative from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Mr. JONES asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield to the Congresswoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree) for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request. (Ms. PINGREE of Maine asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)