It is just not my experience in the real world, the practical world, that being a right-to-work state is a disadvantage.

I think we need to take a look at considering a cap and a co-pay for this program.

The Universal Service Fund right now has revenue that is limited, and it is divided up between programs.

I thank my colleague from Utah for yielding. Under Federal reclamation law, irrigation districts which receive water from a Bureau of Reclamation facility typically repay their portion of the capital costs of water projects under long-term…

What I hear in Nebraska from rate payers is they are already appalled by the charges that they have on their phone bills.

I rise this evening to speak about our Nation's infrastructure. In just a few days, authorization for our Nation's transportation programs will expire. By August, the highway trust fund will run out of money. Our States and citizens will…

Captain Dustin Ryan Lukasiewicz, Alma, Nebraska, Nebraska's Third Congressional District.

I thank the ranking member for the time. I also want to thank the subcommittee chairman, Mr. Graves, for the gentlemanly way in which we have conducted this debate. This is a transpartisan issue. We have got Democrats and Republicans…

I believe that current regulations that we have in place seem to be doing the job.

I believe in a more limited federal government, and I believe that a balance is necessary.

58 percent of those comments, the substantive comments that were made, were opposed to the rule.

I think many of us are concerned about the overreach that we see here.

I thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for her leadership on this important issue. Madam Speaker, there is a rule in the House of Representatives that any little child who is a guest of ours can come right down here and be in the well with…

The time for action is now.

the time for intelligent action, learning from the past, doing it right, doing it with long-term vision, and doing it in a way that is reliable for public-private partnerships to come about to invest in infrastructure, is well past time.

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Chairman, I commend the chairman for trying to work with me. This is a difficult position. The chairman has a very difficult task here of balancing competing ends. I really appreciate the way in…

Thank you, Madam President. Nuclear Agreement With Iran I rise today to discuss the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Many of my colleagues have spoken at length about some of their concerns, which I share. Today, however, I…

First of all, it is my understanding that our chairman, Chairman Simpson, as well as Ranking Member Kaptur actually support this amendment. I want to express my gratitude to the chairman for working with me and thinking critically as to…