On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the massive technological failures of the online rollout of the Affordable Care Act; and while some of my colleagues…

I am encouraged that we have today before us a bipartisan bill that will help improve our Nation's waterways and infrastructure and create jobs. However, I do agree that this bill is imperfect, and I am dismayed that this bill includes…

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At this time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), another leader in sugar reform in our Nation.

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins).

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Minnesota has 7 minutes remaining.

In conclusion, again, this is reform. It is not a repeal of the sugar program. It is a very modest reform, simply going back to what the Secretary had before 2008 with the ability, the flexibility to allow sugar imports, when necessary, to…

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), a leader in sugar reform.

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California, Jackie Speier.