Mike Thompson

The Second amendment does not prevent the government from enacting legislation to prevent gun violence.

What we have lacked in recent years is the political will.

I voted for the Affordable Care Act, a bill that was not written in the back room, a bill that was written in full public with hearings, amendments, hearing from witnesses, and I did that because I believe every American should have access…

In my district alone, the uninsured rate dropped from a full 10 percent, from 15.9 percent in 2013, to 5.9 percent in 2017.

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 54, line 18, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $50,000,000)''. Page 55, strike line 9 and…

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 1, line 15, insert ``and harvested adulterated wine grapes'' after ``milk''. The Acting CHAIR…

I thank the chairwoman and the bipartisan coauthors of this bill. I look forward to working with her and appreciate her help.

We need the help from the federal government. The people that I represent want to know that their federal government is with them and will be with them through this terrible time.

I'd really like the President and everybody else to stop tweeting and focus on the disaster at hand.

The President could do a world of good by stepping it up and making the declaration now. There's a lot of lives depending upon this.

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I thank the sponsors of this bill, in particular Congressman Buck for his good work working with me to ensure that we were able to take care of some concerns…

I am prepared to close. I yield myself the balance of my time, and I thank the sponsors for their work on this bill. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this bill. I yield back the balance of my time.

I am prepared to close. Does the gentleman from Illinois have further speakers?

I just want to mention that my friend and committee member was half right in what he said about tomorrow's vote. We will be voting on some healthcare bills tomorrow, and they are bills that will help. But they will help people that either…

I have voted for trade agreements, and I have voted against trade agreements. And I am not opposed to tariffs.

How many of those jobs are going to be lost because of this tariff trade war nonsense?

This is unsustainable, and it has already had major negative effects on orders in my home district.

This type of Washington talk is bad for producers and it is bad for consumers.

I have seen a lot of anecdotal evidence that this is true.

This is one of the most important bills that any of us will ever vote on--no hearings, no expert witnesses--and now we get 30 seconds on the floor to debate it. So let me just use my 30 seconds to say that this is a bad bill for working…

There have been no hearings on this bill, there have been no expert witnesses. The only help that we have gotten are from the outside organizations and the universities that crunched these numbers to be able to give us some glimpse of what…

Well, that is--I wish I could say that is the $64 million question, but, sadly, it is going to cost taxpayers a lot more than $64 million when all is said and done. It is a mystery to me. I asked the chairman, who wrote the bill, during…

The Sinclair/Tribune transaction only benefits Sinclair and Tribune, which is why nobody supports it.

I think it would detrimentally affect that. Our carriers showed up to this auction in droves because they need the spectrum.

The only thing I would note for rural areas in particular, you know, many of them are still going from 3G to 4G, so this spectrum is critically important to get access to it immediately so that they can get to their next generation of…