John Garamendi

We have not spent much time on a public-private partnership.

You put this Nation at risk.

Why are we getting the runaround?

Yes. Well, the Earth is turning, too.

You just had a meeting. What was the outcome of that meeting? We should meet again? Was that the outcome?

When would it be addressed, if it is critical?

Do you consider this to be a significant national security issue, that we could lose GPS, single point of failure?

I understand one such station is up and operating in Mr. LoBiondo's district.

The technology, the greatest benefit of e-loran, is it would provide a backup timing signal, which is then essential for the positioning and navigation.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to focus on the e-loran system and see if we can get this thing moving along.

We absolutely have to have a backup system. The GPS is vulnerable.

God help us, another committee.

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…

We can do this, but we have to work together. Unfortunately, that has not occurred; so I urge my colleagues, the proponents of this bill, to take the time to meet with those of us who will be the losers if this bill moves forward. We can…

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Ms. Kaptur, thank you so very much for bringing us the message from America's heartland. And, by the way, agriculture is also a manufacturing industry. The farmer grows, but then the food processors are manufacturing that and bringing…

Well, I am going to pass this discussion on to a lady who knows a lot of manufacturing. I now yield to the gentlewoman from the great State of Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the heart of the manufacturing center in the United States. Thank you so very…

We had a job fair out in California 2 weeks ago, and I was talking to some of the folks that were looking for a job. Many of them had gone to the community college, taken a preapprenticeship training program so that they would be prepared…

In terms of public policy, we have passed a new piece of legislation, the Education and Workforce Innovation Act, last year. And it seems to me that that piece of legislation, which provides Federal assistance for various kinds of…

Perhaps it was your testimony at the hearing that the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) put together, and they were talking about job training programs. And I believe one witness, maybe you, said that the largest technical training…

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…

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…

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…

My good friend from Idaho was so right and is now so wrong. But that is the way it is. When you have got the votes, you have got the votes. Nevertheless, this is really a very, very good program. I would encourage all of us--and…

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: LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS None of the funds made…