this Congress and this committee has an obligation to ensure that the law is enforced.

I really feel like we're getting the band back together again in a way that I hope will be effective to let Americans know what's happening.

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I want to thank Representative Crow for having this critically important hearing on ways to better recruit and prepare the workforce of tomorrow.

I strongly believe that small businesses are the backbone of America and I am committed to help our small businesses find and train the talent that they need to succeed.

I am a co-sponsor of the Jobs Act which we recently introduced that actually opens up eligibility for student loans and Pell Grants.

I really strongly believe that labor unions are going to play a really important role here particularly in the building trades and heavy construction and other critical areas.

I think funding around small businesses and entrepreneurship in terms of some of these accelerators and grant dollars that are available is going to be very important.

I thank the gentlewoman for her words of wisdom, her personal experience, and for being here tonight. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

I rise today to honor a Foreign Service Officer of the United States and a former Pearson Fellow in my office, who was tragically killed in an accident while serving his country abroad. After serving in my office for a yearlong fellowship…

We must also posture them to remain relevant for future demand.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for sharing his heart with us tonight. Throughout American history, many of our great leaders have turned to the Bible for guidance, faith, and hope. President Abraham Lincoln once said of the Bible: ``I…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his words, and I thank him for reminding us about the Pilgrim tradition, especially as we enter this week of Thanksgiving. It is interesting, in American history, we have two different strains of…

The Army has invested more than $1 billion over the past 10 years to upgrade its depot facilities.

It is a great honor for me to come to the House floor tonight to commemorate National Bible Week. This is an opportunity to celebrate the tremendous influence of the Bible on the freedoms we enjoy today in America. We are truly blessed to…

I thank the gentleman from Kansas, in the Nation's heartland, for sharing his thoughts with us tonight. I am going to share my own story. When I was a freshman at the University of Kansas--also there in America's heartland--in the 1970s…

The depots within our military services are essential for maintaining the complex ships, aircraft, and land systems that form the building blocks of our joint force.

I want to stress that this is a bipartisan concern. I am with the chairman 100 percent on making sure that we have plans and that we are funding those plans.