James Hill

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am prepared to close, and let me say in closing what a pleasure it is to work with my friend from Guam on this bill to recognize our merchant mariners. I thank my friend from New York (Mr. Suozzi) who has the privilege every day of…

This is a good bill. This is a bill that will help move more people to shelter, particularly our veterans, who are so in need. When I think about Jack Kemp and his inspiration for this so many years ago, he frequently quoted Theodore…

To close. Madam Speaker, again, I want to thank my friend from Ohio for her work on this bill, for calling attention to it and for suggesting that it is a great sense of partnership to have technical compliance and technical assistance…

I am prepared to close. I urge my colleagues to support Mrs. Maloney's good work. I thank my friend from Guam for his leadership, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Republicans support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Oklahoma (Ms. Kendra S. Horn). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 20…

Again, I don't oppose this amendment. I urge its adoption. But I, again, remind this House that we had a better policy in the bipartisan Waters-McHenry bill that would do more for small business and that Republicans support a…

May I ask how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Let me close by simply saying that we want more public companies. We want to lower the cost of being public. We want to remove barriers from being public. We do that by carefully balancing the regulatory burden to be public. This bill…

I don't, but I have time that I will use, so I will use that time to close.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, line 9, strike ``only''. Page 7, line 5, strike ``only''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

Let me simply say that, simply put, at $768 per enrollee, the navigator program is a waste of taxpayer resources. With ever-shrinking budget pressure, we are better off spending this money on NIH research or doing something that will help…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas has 30 seconds remaining.

Well, we are all interested in having affordable healthcare, and that is why we have more market-based healthcare. If we open up this market and reduce constraints, then we will get more affordable policies. I would submit to the Chair…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike page 72, line 17, and all that follows through page 73, line 23. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

I appreciate the gentleman from Indiana's comments. He has been an excellent author. Again, Madam Speaker, you hear the testimony from both sides of the aisle, from constituents in both these districts, and the importance of this. Madam…

I appreciate the work of the sponsor, Mr. Gottheimer, and his important personal testimony about his family and the importance of this bill. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr…

I am prepared to close. I have no other speakers on this important matter. I just want to continue to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and our lead sponsor, Dr. Foster, for his thoughtful elevation of the importance of…

I have no further speakers on this side of the aisle. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would just simply urge, with the work done by Mr. Foster and myself, and with thanks to the Chair, that we have strong bipartisan support in favor of H.R…

We need to move toward requiring things like E-Verify that allows us to find out who should be here.

We would love to see Congress move in some of these areas and we believe that that is an important initiative to address.

I think there is definitely an attempt by the administration and specifically the USCIS to evaluate the visa process.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify and I look forward to your questions.

I thank this committee for its continued dedication to this issue.

Human trafficking is a heinous crime.