So I will ask a second time, is that not insane?

I think it says to the--the taxpayer is standing there saying what?

That should be headlines. I mean, I don't understand why we would do that.

Is that not insane?

Mr. Speaker, last week, I visited Forbush Elementary School in East Bend, North Carolina. While I was there, I had a chance to meet with the impressive students who are a part of the For-BOTS robotics team. Although Forbush Elementary has…

The JOBS Act did this not by creating new Federal mandates or spending taxpayers' money on wasteful government programs, but instead by empowering entrepreneurs and innovators.

I want to commend the subcommittee for its continued work to help capital formation with the bipartisan passage of the last 15 capital formation bills, including the RAISE Act, authored by Representative Patrick McHenry and strongly…

I want to thank the gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. McHenry, for putting forward the Fix the Crowdfunding Act.

The JOBS Act has, by I think most measures, been a resounding success for our economy and for the future of innovation here in the United States.

Mr. Speaker, America and the Owen School of Management of Vanderbilt University suffered three devastating losses just during the month of March. The Shults family, which has already been mentioned, were a model American couple, but the…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Atala is the leader of a team of scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center who have proved the…

I am proud to join my colleague, Representative Paul Tonko, as an original co-sponsor of the AQUA Act.

If we are going to eliminate lead out of our drinking water once and for all, our Nation must commit to the comprehensive plan to replace lead service lines.

It is clear today that our Safe Drinking Water Act failed to protect the people of Flint and other communities around the country.

I can only describe the frustration and harm to the residents of Flint as gut-wrenching.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Green for yielding time, and thank him for his extraordinary leadership not only on this bill, but on our committee as well. To my colleague Susan Brooks from Indiana, I thank the Congresswoman for all of…

Access to clean water should not be a luxury. It should be a guarantee.

No child in America, regardless of background or income should be a victim of lead poisoning.