Joe Courtney

I now yield to the gentlelady from New Hampshire (Ms. Shea-Porter) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Bass) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Frankel) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Matsui) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Speier) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Mrs. Capps) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from Connecticut (Ms. Esty) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Roybal-Allard) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from California (Mrs. Napolitano) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Velazquez) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I now yield to the gentlelady from New York (Mrs. Lowey) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the Representative from Oregon, a colleague on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Ms. Bonamici.

As somebody who was a private sector small employer for over 25 years, I just have to say that today, under existing law, employers already have the flexibility to give workers paid time off. The only new flexibility this bill gives is…

It is my privilege now to yield 2 minutes to the minority whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

I always cite Phil Gramm, who invented sequester, who was quoted recently saying the purpose of sequester was not to be a policy but to in fact be an incentive for people to sit down and compromise and act.

Your testimony clearly shows that we don't--we can't move on. I mean, we are far from out of the woods here.

I want to thank the witness for their testimony, very frank testimony this morning, particularly about the impact of sequester.

These programs not only help those who are at the bottom rung of our socioeconomic ladder but also they help American agriculture.

Money for pest detection and eradication is absolutely essential.

I hope we maintain the bipartisan support that I think is witnessed by today's testimony and by what we did last year.

I think we do it better in terms of quality and yield than anyone in the world.

We cannot stay in Afghanistan forever for a wide variety of reasons.

We have put the Afghan National Security Forces in the best possible position to be able to, at a minimum, hold, to stop the Taliban from taking back over the government.