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Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge support for my amendment. My amendment to the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act would help ensure women have sufficient notice of the new protections…
Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. 4. REPORT. Not later than 24 months…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the history and the legacy of the Oberlin Village community. Founded in 1866, Oberlin Village is one of the last surviving antebellum settlements founded by free Black people in North Carolina…
Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.
Madam Speaker, it appears that the Biden administration is going to do everything it possibly can to destroy our economy and hurt working-class people. Headline in today's Washington Times: ``Biden piles up red tape after Trump's trims…
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 276, nays 149, not…
Madam Speaker, let me reiterate again: I have no tolerance whatsoever for any type of discrimination in the workplace or anyplace else. However, if we are going to do a study about potential discrimination, it should be done before a bill…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3110 exposes a sweeping, one-size-fits-all mandate on businesses of all sizes that is unworkable and unreasonable. The bill treats all nursing mothers and…
Madam Speaker, we have a unique situation here this morning with two Representatives from North Carolina who have totally different opinions of this bill and this amendment. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this bill…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, this amendment does nothing to address the shortcomings of H.R. 3110. We do not need a GAO report to know that employers will face numerous challenges in complying…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3110 is not the right way to empower women in the workplace. I support expanding flexible nursing accommodations in the workplace for women, but not in such a way…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, consideration of H.R. 3110 marks the latest in a series of affronts to small businesses perpetuated by House Democrats throughout the 117th Congress. Last month…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, supporters of H.R. 3110 claim the bill merely fills unintended gaps in the nursing-accommodation requirements signed into law in 2010, but this description is not…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, H.R. 3110 leaves a whole host of unanswered questions for employers regarding their obligations under the bill as written. H.R. 3110 threatens job creators with…
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Miller).
Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. Miller-Meeks).
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 3110. This act puts overly burdensome, one-size-fits-all requirements on businesses. While I believe empowering women in the…
Mr. Speaker, as a former educator, it is clear to me that the Biden administration needs some serious math tutoring. The September jobs report resembles an incomplete assignment that a student turned in at the very last minute. Out of…