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I thank my chairman for his support on this and many other issues that we see in our Small Business Committee. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6330, the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018. This bill is simple. It…
We want to help people and we want to give them a chance and if they take that chance, then great.
I would like to begin by thanking Chairman Roskam for his work on this amendment. I do speak in favor of amendment No. 14 which strengthens Federal laws against animal fighting and has garnered bipartisan support many times over the past…
I thank the chairman for his leadership. I thank Mr. Lawson and Ranking Member Velazquez for their leadership in this very, very important measure. Mr. Speaker, I do rise today in support of the Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of…
This is a fiscally responsible bill, and was drafted to ensure taxpayer resources are wisely and efficiently used to meet public objectives for safety and economic growth and a better way to move around the country. I urge my colleagues to…
small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we do not want you to go out of business.
I thank the gentlewoman for the opportunity to speak about the impacts of the recently enacted tax law. The reduction in the corporate tax rate enables U.S. companies to compete on a level playing field with foreign businesses without…
If you are, then I want you. You do not have to have 4 years of schooling if you learned it in 1 year.
I am a huge proponent of our community colleges and of trade schools and tech schools as kind of a conduit to do something that maybe you can do fast.
I think Members can hear that we have got passion here, and Ms. Johnson, Ms. Esty, and I believe that talk is cheap, and this is actually going to do something. If we are going to talk about STEM continually, and we are going to try and…
If you want to demonize or scare people, you come down and yell and scream and raise your hand and you say things that they haven't looked into. What I did was talk to people in my district and looked at their rates and said: Let's look at…
Yesterday, I, along with my good friend, Marcy Kaptur, reestablished the NASA Caucus. Last week, I spoke about the 50th anniversary of my father's absolute airspeed record flight that happened on October 3, 1967. Two weeks ago was the 70th…
I want to thank the chairman for his hard work and for his leadership, and I want to thank my partner in this, Congresswoman Murphy, for her cosponsoring of this bill and for her work on this important piece of legislation. A 21st century…
On Tuesday, October 10, I missed two votes to attend to constituent business in my district. Had I been present for the day's vote series, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 558, the passage of H.R. 1858, to designate the facility…
I am truly blessed to represent a district in southern California that is the home of so many historic feats. Today, I would like to tell you about one of those feats that turned 50 years old today. October 3, 1967, is a date I will never…
I plan to withdraw my amendment, but before I do, Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert) to engage in a brief colloquy.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I appreciate that very much. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time, and I withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. The Chair understands amendment No. 71 will not be offered. Amendment No. 72 Offered…
I appreciate the strong support from a number of my colleagues in regards to an issue that is vitally important to California's 25th Congressional District. Citizens of Santa Clarita, California, have fought for over two decades against a…
I would like to thank Mr. Connolly for his help and his partnership in the SECRET Act. Today, I rise in support of this straightforward bipartisan legislation, the SECRET Act, or Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting…
On Monday, July 17, I missed three votes to attend to constituent business in my district. Had I been present for the day's vote series, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 379, the passage of H.R. 2210, to designate the community…
This is something that is near and dear to my heart. This is something that has affected our community. It happened less than 20 miles from my house, almost 100 years ago, and today I rise in remembrance of the Saint Francis Dam and the…
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