Lynn Jenkins

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding, and would like to commend Chairman Johnson and Congressman Doggett for their leadership on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, today there are nearly 50 million Medicare beneficiaries who are told…

This week, Moody's threatened to downgrade the U.S.' credit rating if Washington fails yet again to deal with the long-term debt problem. This is not news. We were downgraded last year, but instead of acting to fix the problem, this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Tax reform may not be as exciting as watching Team USA win a gold medal, but for a CPA who specialized in tax, comprehensive tax reform is the Olympics, and we want to win a gold medal for the American…

Stopping the tax hike is not just about taxes; it's about jobs. Small businesses have been responsible for about two-thirds of the new jobs created. Raising taxes on the so- called ``rich'' will hit nearly 1 million of these businesses and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Dr. Paul for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Reserve lent out $16 trillion during the fiscal crisis. That's larger than the entire U.S. economy--or…

Despite my strenuous objections, 2 years ago this week Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act. Two years have passed, and only one-third of nearly 400 rules are written today, and we have already added nearly 9,000 pages of new regulations and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, our current health care insurance system is badly broken, but the President's Affordable Care Act will only make it worse. It will lead to fewer jobs, more debt, and reduced access to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Energy Action Committee and a Representative from an energy State, I come to the floor today to support an all-of-the-above energy bill and an all-of-the-above jobs…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, H.R. 5842, the Restoring Access to Medication Act, which I authored and introduced, passed out of the full…

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…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The first priority of the Federal Government is to protect the American people, and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility has been declared necessary to provide that protection. The Department of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. DHS, under both the Bush and Obama administrations, has made it clear that a BSL 4 lab is essential to our national security, and building a new structure to host the National Bio and Agro-Defense…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. The Violence Against Women Act is an important tool for preventing domestic violence and sexual assault and for supporting the victims of these crimes. There is broad bipartisan agreement that this…

I think that is the one thing that all political parties can agree on, that the Tax Code is too complex.

Section 45(g) allows the small businesses to keep more of what they earn and use those resources for investment in tracks and bridges to move the American economy.

What concerns me most about this investment you all had to make was that it may have come at the expense of your members creating new jobs.

Americans should choose a healthier lifestyle which could cut down on costs tremendously.

I can't figure out how it would lead to creating the 4 million jobs that then Speaker Pelosi promised the bill would create.

We have got great bipartisan support in the House and even on this Ways and Means Committee to repeal this provision.

I thank the leader for yielding. Job growth is my top priority, and no one can deny that small business is the engine that drives our economy and our job market. Since 1980, small businesses have accounted for 60 percent of job creation…

I thank the chairman for yielding. The President's health care law is chock full of pitfalls, tax increases, government overreaches, and newly created bureaucracies. But perhaps the most outrageous and dangerous manifestation is the…

It has been 4 years since the height of the Great Recession and our economy is nowhere near where it should be. Unemployment continues to hover around 8 percent and thousands upon thousands of hardworking Americans have left the job market…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. There aren't many areas where the former Kansas Governor and current Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and I agree, but one thing that we do agree on is that the CLASS Act…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, folks are mad out there. They're mad because what Congress is doing--or not doing, in many cases--makes absolutely no sense. As a CPA, I'll tell you that handling tax policy on a…

Last week I had the immense pleasure of joining the folks at Fort Leavenworth for the Change of Command ceremony to welcome Lieutenant General David Perkins as the new commanding general of Fort Leavenworth, home of the prestigious Command…