I strongly oppose President Biden's proposal to force blue-collar workers in my district to pay off the student loans of borrowers who attended universities who are sitting on billion-dollar endowments. In my district, there are 599,500…

Solar energy is one form of electricity generation that is growing in the United States, yet we do not have the economy of scale in manufacturing solar systems to meet supply and demand for industry and consumers. Solar energy accounted…

I thank Congressmen Goldman and Deluzio for the work they are doing in their districts, the work that they do here in Congress, and for their commitment to our country, to our communities before the politics that we are seeing before us…

I oppose this legislation that will harm 43 million student loan borrowers who need debt relief so that the Republicans can spend trillions of dollars in just a few weeks on tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent. Over 100,000 borrowers in…

we must hold people accountable directly who are responsible.

I want to make sure that we protect Social Security as much as we can.

I am very interested in fraud and in Social Security. But I am really more interested in Social Security than I am in fraud.

I think we need to be very careful about that, as well.

the same person that adheres to the law strictly is also the same person that stands up when the people who are governing you are not following the law.

This is an historic opportunity that requires historic change in long-term strategic thinking.

I think, to me, that is kind of like a gamble.

One thing that needs to be very, very clear, the Bergman bill does not have a TEF issue, a toxic exposure fund issue. That is where the concerns are. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1715

I encourage all Members to support this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the…

I will, and we will, work on this priority. What we can do is chew gum and walk at the same time, and that means we can go ahead and not only work on homelessness but also this bill, as important as it is. I appreciate the gentleman's…

I will address veterans homelessness, as I have always said I would. It is very concerning to me. We are currently working on a package to address the issue, but I am not going to pit one group of veterans against another. I would like my…

I also encourage all of our Members to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost) that the House suspend the…

While I understand the concerns expressed by the minority, I point out that the program has been a huge success in helping veterans gain meaningful employment. We have been very successful in recent years in reducing veterans'…

I have no more speakers. I am ready to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.