So you have my commitment that not only will this be a hearing, but it will be something that we will continue to follow up with on a bipartisan manner.

But I also would like to note that a number of hearings at the direction of Chairman Smith have not only produced fruit, but produced lasting fruit.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It is bipartisan legislation like this that makes me proud to be a Member of the United States Congress. I want to thank each one of my colleagues for his role in making this day…

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio. Pension Accountability Act

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We are considering crucial legislation today impacting two important issues, ensuring Americans are able to save for retirement and enabling the education of our next generation. As any…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Poe of Texas). The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken; and the Speaker…

Mr. President, when it comes to projecting America's power, I have said many times that North Carolina is the tip of the American spear. When our country calls, it is a safe bet that the first responders will be U.S. Marines from Camp…

Mr. President, April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. As we remember all those who have lost their lives in the wave of terrorist violence sweeping the world, I call on my Senate colleagues to join the effort to make real the…

Mr. Speaker, today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the gross domestic product, an important measure of our Nation's economic health, grew by a negligible 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016. It is the worst performance…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 706 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 706 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…

Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 706 provides a closed rule for the consideration of H.R. 4901, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act, as it is the product of careful bipartisan and bicameral negotiations. It also…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act is a program that makes students the priority. First authorized in 2004, this program has provided significant…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is not the first time Congress and the public have debated a fiduciary rule conceived by the Department of Labor. The Department first proposed a rule in 2010, but was later…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to say a few additional things on the benefit of the SOAR Reauthorization Act. When the Opportunity Scholarship Program, OSP, was first designed, D.C. public school…

For me, this is one that is not only a complex question but certainly one that we need to show resolve and make sure that those that are our friends, and by that I mean the Lebanese people, that they understand clearly what we stand for…

So engagement means engagement at another agency?

we are going to continue to highlight this not for the benefit of this committee but for the benefit of the workforce

we have to see improvement there.