Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Nevada, a member of the committee, Dr. Heck.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 803. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of H.R. 803, the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act, the SKILLS Act, and yield myself as much time as I may consume. Despite an increase in hiring last month, our Nation is still…

Madam Chair, I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).

Madam Chair, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie), a member of the committee.

I now yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the involvement of the gentleman. He's brought forward a good amendment. It will help veterans translate and hone their wartime skills to civilian use in an important and growing sector. A focus on…

I see our last speaker hasn't arrived on the floor, and I don't know that he will. So in the interest of keeping this moving, I'll reserve the balance of my time.

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the chief deputy whip, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam).

Mr. Chairman, can I inquire: The gentleman from Massachusetts has no other speakers and has the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has the right to close.

Mr. Chairman, interesting discussion today about what constitutes bipartisanship. I would just note, for the record, that when we attempted to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act in the last Congress and we moved it through committee…

I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. The Clerk will read. The Clerk continued to read. Mr. KLINE (during the reading). I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Campbell). Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I seek time in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the motion?

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), the author of the SKILLS Act.

Mr. Chairman, can I now inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1 minute remaining.

I don't think there is a single member of Congress who has casework in their district offices that cannot say that this has just become an overwhelming volume of work...

any work-based visa program for foreign workers must protect employment opportunities for U.S. workers.

The question to consider today is, will opening this type of work to guest workers address any workforce shortage in a way that is good for our nation's economy...