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Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Wyoming, I just want to highlight that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a substitute teacher earning $11.07 an hour, if that substitute teacher's hours were cut back from 39 to 29 hours…
I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to commend the gentleman from Indiana, Congressman Young, for introducing this important legislation and Chairman Camp for making it a top priority. We have heard from…
I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a colleague on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Today I rise to commend this Chamber for passing three pieces of legislation this week that will offer Americans relief from the President's health care law. These bills, which passed with bipartisan support, reaffirm America's commitment…
I reserve a point of order against the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Nevada is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
I withdraw my point of order and seek time in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is withdrawn. The gentlewoman from Kansas is recognized for 5 minutes.
Once again, the Democrats are simply missing the point. The President is the one who has delayed the employer mandate, the President has said this law is not ready, and the President has declined to extend the same flexibility to…
I hope that this subcommittee, and the committee as a whole, will support the measure and provide much needed relief to those who are struggling to meet the requirements of the law.
Now is not the time to repeal and replace this new law, rather fix it so it works for all Americans.
In closing, this bill is about fairness and about providing relief to all hardworking Americans just as the administration keeps giving to businesses. It is about leveling the playing field for the millions of individuals and middle class…
I see no other speakers, so I am prepared to close. Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I have one Member who is in transit, but let me say a few things until he gets here. {time} 1445 I have been in Congress for 25 years, and I have listened to…
Investigations by the Ways and Means and Government Reform Committees have uncovered numerous examples of what appears to be a concerted effort by the IRS to target conservative groups and develop new regulations that could essentially…
We are not interested in raising taxes. This bill does not do that. We are simply ensuring that hardworking Americans who pay taxes and oppose abortion don't see their taxpayer dollars going to fund abortion. We have had legislation…
I am proud to stand before the House today in support of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. I supported this legislation last Congress because the message I have consistently received from my constituents is that they do not…
(Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Health care is a personal issue, and many Kansans are worried about submitting their sensitive and private information into a system that can't protect them against the devastating consequences of…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this critical issue. I will note that I am a proud cosponsor of this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I grew up on a family farm in Holton, Kansas. However, as anyone from…
By direction of the House Republican Conference, I send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 437 Resolved, That the following named…
``Stop talking; start doing.'' That is what Gabriella Miller, a passionate childhood cancer advocate asks of our Nation's leaders. As an original cosponsor of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, I encourage my colleagues to honor…
On November 20, during critical negotiations in Geneva about Tehran's nuclear program, Iran's supreme leader tweeted this disturbing statement: ``Israel is the sinister, unclean rabid dog of the region.'' That same day, he added, The…
Across Kansas, folks are struggling from the effects of ObamaCare. This cancelation letter is from Greg and Linda in Osage City, who wrote to tell me their son was losing his health care plan. Linda spent hours each night for weeks trying…
Thank you, Congressman Walberg. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank you for allowing my colleagues and I to speak to the American people about the destructive provisions of the President's health care law, the constant stream of delays that…
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