It is my pleasure to rise today to recognize the achievement of Henry Halgren from Fort Collins, Colorado. Henry is a sixth grader at Liberty Common School, a middle school, a public charter school that is very high-performing in my…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule, one that provides for consideration of H.R. 1343, the Encouraging Employee…

You know, the beauty of an open rule, which we did see when the Democrats had the majority and we have not seen since the Republicans took the majority, is it allows the floor debate to inspire good ideas. It allows Democrats and…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my amendment would require GAO to do a study on the impact of this legislation on employee ownership. When employees are offered the opportunity to have an ownership stake in the…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren), and I take the gentleman at his word. I look forward to working with him on this important issue in coordination with GAO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment…

And say to the gentleman that I do have one other speaker on the way. Mr. Speaker, this bill under consideration is a small but significant step to help companies increase worker ownership to help improve the overall equity of our economy…

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Various measurements of the economy have shown economic growth and an increase in the stock market. The frustration that I hear from so many of my constituents is that: With all of this economic…

Congresswoman DeLauro's article from Cosmopolitan magazine, dated April 4, 2017, today, talks about how, over a lifetime, the 20 cents that women are missing every paycheck on a dollar earned by men adds up. In fact, the National Women's…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, after line 2, insert the following: SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP. Not…

Like these groups, I also believe that privacy is worth defending. In the wrong hands, information can be damaging and used for the wrong reasons. Simply put, this bill is about conveying the value of the internet to the infrastructure…

And I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying legislation. First, when the gentleman from Georgia said there were no amendments brought forward on this…

Last Congress, we considered a bill called the Secret Science Act, which was nearly identical to this bill. That was a bill that I submitted was at a cost of billion dollars. If the gentleman from Georgia has any evidence that this bill…