Lynn Jenkins

Thank you, Congressman. Speaking of Kansans, when President Obama originally touted this health care law, he promised that Americans would see their health care costs go down. With the rollout of the health care exchanges on Tuesday…

Thank you, Congresswoman Ellmers. At this point I yield to my good friend from the great State of Kansas, Representative Pompeo.

Thank you for your words. At this point I yield to Congresswoman Renee Ellmers from North Carolina.

I am proud to be here this evening with my colleagues to host the Republican leadership hour. We are going to talk to the American people about the damaging taxes levied against them by the President's health care law, the cost to…

I thank the chairman for yielding. We have seen too many examples of our Nation's bureaucracy making life harder for Americans and their families. Every weekend, when I return to Kansas, I hear story after story of Federal regulators…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Whether I'm talking to Kansans back home or listening to witnesses at Ways and Means hearings, I've heard story after story of Federal…

Woman, I would like to thank Chairman Latham for his work in crafting this appropriation bill to fund our Federal transportation and housing programs. This already difficult task was made more difficult because of the House's adherence to…

Woman, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Kansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

Reclaiming my time, again I would like to thank the chairman for his commitment to our Nation's veterans. I believe that he and I recognize that, just as it is critical to support our troops in the midst of combat, we must also ensure that…

Across the world, people of certain faiths live in fear of government persecution every day. Saied Rezaei, a leader of the Baha'i religion, used to advocate for gender equality and universal education in Iran. In 2008, he was arrested on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment. My district is home to Fort Leavenworth and Forbes Field, which are two Kansas military installations at which families are struggling with the DOD…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. And I'm pleased President Obama finally acknowledged how damaging the employer mandate will be to American businesses. I agree delaying…

Yesterday, the President called for more energy taxes and regulations that will hurt the economy and job creation. One of the President's senior advisers even said, ``A war on coal is exactly what's needed.'' In my State, where coal…

After an exhaustive review, the Department of Homeland Security chose Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for the new BSL-4 National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility. This will be the only such facility capable of researching large animals in the…

The President seems to be getting a lot of information from the news rather than from his own administration lately. He says he was unaware of the IRS targeting conservatives, unaware of the Department of Justice seizing reporters' phone…

The President tells Americans to ``trust'' the government, but this week is loaded with reasons not to. Take the new health care law. We were told it would lower costs and increase access. Now we find premiums could increase by 400 percent…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. As a working mom, I know how tough it is to occasionally miss family events. And whether it's a parent-teacher conference, a soccer or a football game, or helping my mom, my family always comes first…

Whether it's jobs or our Nation's debt, the economy is still the number one issue for hardworking Americans. But, instead of supporting initiatives like the Keystone pipeline, something that would create 20,000 jobs and help secure our…

Today I would like to honor Saige Halseth, a fifth-grade student at Shawnee Heights Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, who has brought together her community by helping her classmate, Alex White. Alex suffers from a progressive…

The President continues to embrace a worldwide system of taxing income, which potentially subjects overseas income to double taxation.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Today, we are stealing from the next generation--our kids and our grandkids. We are making false promises that Medicare and Social Security benefits will be there to take care of folks when we know that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, today, the House will act to protect our Nation's welfare-to-work programs, which have been enormously successful in moving millions of…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me this time. Today, there are still more than 12 million Americans unemployed. Parents are taking home lower wages to support their children, and families are paying more for everything from…

As the sponsor of the bill to extend Section 45G of Title 26 in the IRS code, I rise today to clarify the impact that the extension of this provision within the text of H.R. 8 will have on short line railroads. As a Certified Public…

Growing up on a Kansas dairy farm, I know the estate tax is a threat to family farms. This tax makes bailing hay and shoveling manure sound like a get-rich-quick scheme, when most family farms make an average of $45,000 a year. Raising the…