Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the presentations made here in the previous hour, and there were a couple of visuals that I want to look at and commit some of that to memory. I heard from Ms. Kaptur that this is not a partisan…

Reclaiming my time and, Mr. Speaker, I would point out that it is unusual for Democrats and Republicans to share time spontaneously on the floor, but it's because there is a bond of common interest and a bond of a serious legislator that I…

Mr. President, I have come to the floor to speak about a bill that Senator Baucus and I have introduced today. It's called the Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010. The purpose of our bill is to help Haiti recover from the devastation…

Mr. President, last Thursday, I wrote Secretary Geithner asking why the Treasury Department allowed General Motors to use TARP money from a Treasury escrow account to repay its multibillion-dollar TARP taxpayer loan. This afternoon, I…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 12 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. General Motors and TARP

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record at the end of my remarks some letters to which I will refer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 1.)

you are spot on to the issues that exist around the Common Core standards and the assessments that are related.

I am so appreciative that you understand the issues so clearly.

It is clear--40 years after the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health law--that it is time to move forward and to strengthen the protections that we provide workers in this country.

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 o'clock and 25 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., for…

Madam Speaker, I appreciate your indulgence this evening and the opportunity to address you here on the floor of the House. Not having had the opportunity to listen to the dialogue of the previous people, I will take this up where the…

The simple fact is that it's out of date, and it is too weak to provide for incentives for compliance, to deter violations, and to protect workers from unnecessary injury and death.

Mr. President, today I am joining with Senator Klobuchar and Senator Franken to introduce the Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders, FREED, Act. This important bill is the first comprehensive legislative effort to confront eating…

The fact is that, for too many employers, the safety of workers is secondary, taking a backseat to production.

While I understand OSHA's priority of increasing enforcement, I do not support moving the $3M of funding of a program that is designed to create a positive safety culture in which labor and management collaborate to identify and eliminate…

My needs for broadband are expanding, but the limited access and market in Maine is putting a stress on my business.

The best way we can honor their memory is to renew our efforts to protect workers' lives and improve safety and health in our country's coal mines and other dangerous workplaces.

I would urge and advocate that the committee strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and start moving on this by taking up the Protecting America's Workers Act, legislation introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy before his death.