The last thing we need is for an unelected and unaccountable board of bureaucrats to make it more difficult to pursue the American Dream.

Issues like the NLRB's definition of a 'joint employer' under national labor law affects Main Street businesses in a real way.

I cannot imagine that he and the other people that sat in the Constitutional Convention would have dreamt in a second that the government they were creating would take away from people the opportunity to create that.

I think in Europe and in Asia, they look at this model and they must just shake their heads in disbelief.

I am going to do everything I can to make sure that we preserve what has been a system that has worked so well.

It makes no sense at all, unless your goal simply is to try to get more people to belong to labor unions.

This Board is going to do whatever the union wants them to do, and that is not the way this was set up.

What happens to that economic development model for Alabama, and for southwest Alabama, and for other southern States... if the NLRB changes the joint employer definition?

I rise this morning to talk about one of the biggest problems facing our Nation, out-of-control spending. At this very moment, the national debt sits at over $18 trillion. We have not arrived at this point because of the actions of one…

I appreciate the gentleman from Massachusetts' interest in this very important topic. We said it several times. I am going to say it again. What this bill does is provides a national label where there is no label now at the national level…

I was listening to the gentleman's remarks. If he believes that, by codifying the EPA regulation that this bill is undermining the EPA, I just don't follow that reasoning. That is what this bill does. It takes the EPA regulation and it…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 369 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 369 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

House Resolution 369 provides a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015, and H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015. Mr. Speaker, when I am back in…

Thank you for your work on this critical legislation. The Resilient Federal Forest Act is key if the Forest Service is to have the flexibility it needs to actively manage our Nation's Federal timberland. Now, I come from a State where…

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to express a few concerns. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, this amendment is…

My straightforward amendment would prohibit any effort to redirect funds allocated under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, also referred to as GOMESA. GOMESA was passed in 2006 and created a revenue sharing agreement for offshore oil…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I wish that these sorts of amendments were unnecessary, but the way this administration plays fast and loose with its interpretation of the law, particularly through these administrative agencies, I am afraid it is necessary to protect a…

I want to thank the gentleman from Texas for his superb work in this area. We are in great debt to you for all that you have done. And I am 100 percent confident you will continue to do that. I don't know the new leadership over there. I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $250,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

Where in the world are you getting your information that business people don't take that into account?

My straightforward amendment would cut the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, by 20 percent. That would result in $250 million worth of savings. Let me make one thing clear. I know that the ATF has an important…

Isn't that what this is really all about?

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 274 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 274 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I was listening to the gentleman from Colorado speak. We heard about immigration, minimum wage, LGBT, renewable energy, highways, the Ex-Im Bank, and a little bit about fish. This is a bill about fish. It is not about all of that stuff. We…