The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr…

Therefore, we have to be mindful of how any new requirements on industry will add to the cost of transporting goods.

I would also note that today, U.S. agriculture exporters are being devastated by higher shipping costs related to the existing container shortages in many areas.

And I rise in support of H.R. 1502, the Microloan Improvement Act of 2021. Before I begin, I would like to thank the chairwoman for working in a bipartisan manner on behalf of our Nation's small businesses. The bills before us today were…

Today I rise to implore my colleagues to join me in the fight to protect the most vulnerable in our society, infants who survive abortions. Again and again, more than 75 times, Democrats have refused to even allow a vote on my legislation…

We have one more gentleman coming, but there is a long path between his office and here. Apparently he is not here on time, so I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, as our economy continues to recover and as our small businesses rebuild…

Thank you, Chair Carbajal and Ranking Member Gibbs, for holding this hearing today.

The recent stimulus checks and continued additional unemployment benefits have disincentivized many Americans to return to work.

Thank you, Chair DeFazio.

But the nearly $2.3 trillion in President Biden's plan has nothing to do with infrastructure and does nothing to fix outdated and inefficient programs currently in place.

The industry used to employ, I would say, 3 million workers in the 1990s, and now we are about 600,000 workers.

Thank you very much for that.

Absolutely. Just to stay on China for a second, why do you think that China is well placed to expand its global dominance in this industry?

I am pleased that the President's American Jobs Plan includes a broad framework for investments in affordable housing.

I think we could look at ways of incentivizing hospitals and medical facilities to keep 110 percent of what their daily requirements are.

U.S. textile manufacturers compete in one of the most unbalanced economic playing fields of any industrial sector.

Thank you again for being here.

We must fund housing in proportion to its importance to the future of our nation.