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 48, after line 19, insert the following: (4) collaborate with the California Department of Water…

I thank my colleague from the delta. This is but one small example of what we ought to be doing, and that is working together to solve very, very complex problems. Unfortunately, the underlying legislation really is not the result of the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. LaMalfa The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I thank my colleagues. We have been here before. I have listened to my colleagues who are the proponents of this bill over the last 5 years. As the previous speaker said, we have gone down this path before. There really is a solution…

This amendment, like the previous amendment, is simple but very important. We heard the discussion from Mr. McNerney and supporters of his amendment about the water hyacinth and the endangered species that have plagued not just the…

I thank you very much, Mr. Norcross. I knew that you had come out of a family that was in the building trades. You are an electrician, and you are also a Member of Congress. So you are bringing something very valuable, and that is hands-on…

Mr. Tonko, thank you. I know that your previous work before you came to Congress several years ago was in the State of New York working on the innovation economy. You certainly have ramped up innovation economy in the State of New York…

I am going to move this thing along. I see several of our other colleagues have joined us here. Sheila Jackson Lee, you said you had a brief presentation. Please take the floor, then Mr. Norcross, and then we will--Marcy Kaptur is here…

Thank you very much, Ms. Jackson Lee. I really appreciate it. As we talk about each of these things, you are talking labor and education and the way they come together and, in doing so, increasing the productivity and the ability of an…

Mr. Hoyer, none of this would be happening were it not for your leadership. You brought us together, 34 Members of the Democratic Caucus, each with one or more specific pieces of legislation to move the Make It In America agenda, so that…

Ms. Kaptur, thank you so very, very much. You talked about things that are extremely important along the way: the trade policy, our tax policy, the escape of American capital, leaving American workers behind, economic theory, and capital…

Ms. Kuster, thank you so very, very much. I think New Hampshire is very fortunate to have your leadership on manufacturing. I think I want to go up there and watch your Manufacturing Week. Now, I am not running for President, so that is…