TrumpCare--a total disaster for America. Here it is by the numbers, per our own nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office: 24 million Americans will lose coverage, with 14 million Americans losing coverage in year one; 15 to 20 percent…

I think the solution lies in the success of the Puerto Rican people, not austerity alone.

We send our servicemen and -women overseas in harm's way to protect our country because we know that freedom isn't free. So it is fundamental, as we, with such vigor, ask them to go to the battlefield, that we protect them when they are…

There is a sanction in place. You have to remove your claim or your assertion that is in question, and there is the cost of time that any attorney has to put in. But at the end of the day, we have already been down this road and it has…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It…

My amendment would reinstate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure rule 11(c)(2) safe harbor provision, which allows parties to avoid penalties, by withdrawing or correcting the claims within 14 days from when the alleged violation of rule…

My amendment would create an exception to this bill for instances of public health risks, including byproducts of hydraulic fracturing, well stimulation, or any water contamination. Fracking, especially in my home State of Florida, is…

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 8, strike line 7 and all that follows through line 14 (and amend the amendment to the table of…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting…

Even if we included motions to dismiss in the stay, which are at the beginning of the case because they are dispositive motions, there are still motions to strike that are left in this bill. After surviving a motion to dismiss, motions to…

Water is not arbitrary. The right to clean water is not arbitrary. It is essential. Just ask the plaintiffs in these cases. Just ask the people of Flint. Just ask victims of fracking across our Nation, which is why we in Florida are…

My amendment would strike section 1721 of this Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017. The irony of section 1721 is it unfairly subjects class action plaintiffs to an inevitable deluge of prolonged delay. A stay of discovery means…

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 3, line 10, strike ``This'' and insert ``Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, this''. Page…

Last night our Republican colleagues finally revealed their secret healthcare bill, and it is clear that TrumpCare doesn't care. Here are the top five reasons why: Number one, TrumpCare cuts Medicaid. It creates block grants to States that…

This is a simple issue: Do we want to make workplaces safer? Do we want to keep workers from getting hurt on the job? Of course, we do. In order to protect workers, we need good data on where injuries are happening so we can work with…

Now, it is important for Americans to understand that because people get the sense there are all these folks who are able to work, and they are just getting SNAP the whole time.

Frankly, and it is out of the domain of this Committee, I would also like to see some reforms in SSDI, in the Social Security Disability Insurance program, which right now is not optimally set up to encourage people with disabilities to…

If we had a revised farmworker, guestworker program where it was a 3 year or 5 year term, rather than a 1 year, that would only be revoked if that individual committed a crime, and they would have to go back each season, would that be a…

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Do you think it would benefit, since we have such highs and lows, depending if you hit that window, if you all had better access to crop insurance?

A lot of us are concerned we are at a real crossroads with regard to American leadership abroad...

I would just say, Mr. Chairman, these are numbers that we would have to have in order to make an informed decision on whether we can eliminate this limited exception to the work requirement for the 3 month every 3 years period so that we…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 93. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Collins of New York). The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore…

In Florida, we have our Fresh From Florida Program, which has tried to cue in local farmers with our schools, which has had some pretty good success. In listening to your testimony, it appears that most of you are encouraging us to have…

I am hopeful by hearing concerns about a potential trade war or immigration crackdown, since either of those things would be a disaster for our farmers, for rural America.