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We want to succeed and we want to succeed in a way that our partners and friends... look at and say, it makes sense.

I am hopeful we can get to a good deal, but the question is, what is a good deal for the United States?

It is an honor to be on this Committee.

I think the voters in November sent a very strong message to all of us on both sides: 'Get it done; get something done.'

To get this done, in my opinion, based on my experience, it has to be an all-in. It has to be above partisan politics. It has to be done in a bipartisan way.

I am a strong supporter of trade, and I want to affirm that some of the reservations that have been expressed here by my colleagues relative to making sure that we have a level playing field and that we have established the rules and they…

Thank you, Chairman.

When we talk about vulnerable populations, as we have built our programs, it is something that--and I have some disagreement with my State colleagues on this--nobody disagrees on the importance of getting this right.

I understand their concern, but it is 2015 and no one should be left behind, especially our most vulnerable neighbors.

In order to ensure ready responders, we must make certain that adequate programs are available and that sufficient access is available to those training programs.

Ensuring timely and efficient emergency response whenever and wherever disaster strikes is critical.

I am very pleased to return as ranking member of the subcommittee and, like Chairman Barletta, I look forward to continuing the good working relationship that we both share.

3,288 per day, 137 per hour, one every 26 seconds--that is how many children are denied their God-given right to life each and every day. As we mark the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we should remember each of those children and the…

Given the broad bipartisan, bicameral interest in ameliorating this problem and the strong national consensus outside of Washington, DC as well, we urge the Senate to bring a vote on this matter to the floor.

Make this bill stronger. . . . [C]ommon wisdom is that full-time is a 40-hour work week, and the health care law should reflect that.

This bill would change the definition of 'full-time employee' back to the traditional 40 hours a week threshold.

If we have resources, they ought to be used in this area, it seems to me, that we either eliminate them or there's going to be a catastrophe in our own country.

America has already been attacked, in that we have lost a number of our young people already to ISIL.