Exactly so. Exactly so. It is absolutely critical to our national defense that we have a strong maritime industry. We used to have the biggest maritime industry in the world. We have just given it away for many, many different reasons. But…

Well, one of the problems--we spent a lot of time talking about this 2 years ago, and it has dropped off the discussion table, although it should come back--is the manipulation of the Chinese currency so that China is able to maintain a…

Thank you so very much, Ms. Kaptur. You notice our Make It In America agenda, they have trade up here at the top, and you very well pointed out the problems that occur with an unfair trade deal, NAFTA being but one. At this moment, the…

Thank you so very much. I have enormous respect for the two of you, and this issue has been before us many, many times. If we wait for a comprehensive tax reform, the tar sands may be totally eliminated and used up. We have an opportunity…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage of the…

I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Garamendi moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the…

I thank the gentleman. As a new insurance commissioner in California in 1991, I had lots of problems with pensions, a lot of problems with insurance companies going broke. I was summoned to Washington to appear before the Commerce…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 5769, the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act. As explained by previous speakers, this bill is bipartisan, bicameral, and is…

Thank you, Mr. Tonko, for joining us in this Special Order hour. Working with you has always been a pleasure. I think this subject is one that you and I and our colleagues will want to take up as the days go forward. In the spring, the…

Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much for your bringing to us the information about actions that have already been taken. The Alzheimer's plan that you discussed lays out a process by which the National Institutes of Health will develop a…

Well, thank you so very, very much. I am going to turn to my colleague from our normal East-West dialogue here that we have done so many days, so many times over the last few years. Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much for joining us once…

I thank you very much, Mr. Tonko, for joining us tonight. I also thank my colleagues, Mr. Fattah from Pennsylvania and Ms. Speier from California, for joining us on this important subject. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time…