I thank the gentleman. I believe we are on our last speaker. I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Michaud).

It is my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Sutton).

I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield back the balance of my time.

Very briefly, I yield myself 1 minute to respond before I yield to the gentleman from Michigan. To be clear, these bills have the potential to create jobs, but there will also be many investors that lose money as a result of these bills…

I will inform the gentleman from Texas that one additional speaker has emerged. I would be honored to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott). (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend…

Again, I would like to point out that I will be opposing the previous question on the underlying issue. I don't necessarily agree with what some of my colleagues have said with regard to China, and I voted consistently with that in the…

The bills before us do something for people of all economic classes in the country--they help working families and the poor; they're good for the middle class; and they're good for millionaires. Let me talk about each group and how it…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I would like to express my appreciation to the leadership of the House for expediting these two important bills and bringing them before the House of Representatives. I rise in support of the underlying…

Here we are 43 weeks into the current Congress since the Republicans took control of the House, and yet we have failed to pass a single bill to create jobs. Fourteen million Americans without jobs, many millions more are underemployed…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Today I am pleased to see that Congress is finally focused on America's top priority, jobs. As economic experts from across the ideological spectrum have made clear, these trade agreements with Panama…

It is my honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts, a colleague of mine on the Rules Committee, Mr. McGovern. Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk just for a couple of…

I think the gentleman from New Jersey has, as he put it, good language that should not only be included in this bill, but I think in other relevant construction bills as well. Very simply, it encourages the Secretary to give priority to…