Lynn Jenkins

I am convinced that the Corps' management plan can and must be improved to ensure that everything possible is done to prevent flooding of this magnitude in the future.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank you for your leadership on this important issue. As a CPA who spent nearly two decades helping American families chart their way toward fiscal responsibility, I can tell you that if you want…

I thank the gentlelady from Missouri for yielding, and I appreciate my fellow Republican women stepping up this evening to have an honest fact-based discussion about one of our Nation's most valued resources--our senior citizens. As I…

Thank you, Mr. Chair, for yielding, and thank you for your leadership in this area. It has been nearly 5 years since we signed our trade agreement with Colombia, and although I'm disappointed that it took this long, I am so pleased we will…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this important issue and for yielding time. Madam Speaker, many Americans believe that Congress can't agree on anything; but if there is one thing Washington can agree on, it's that we're in a…

I thank the chair for yielding. Three and a half trade deals that we have taken up today have bipartisan support, the three pending free trade agreements and the GSP extension within this bill. Both parties in both Chambers agree that…

To spur job creation in this country, we must remove burdensome regulations stifling our job creators. The EPA's Maximum Achievable Control Technology or MACT rule is set to crush our cement manufacturers. Eastern Kansas has three cement…

To spur job creation in this country, we must remove burdensome regulations stifling our job creators. The EPA's Maximum Achievable Control Technology, or MACT rule, is set to crush our cement manufacturers. Eastern Kansas has three cement…

I would like to thank the honorable chairman from Texas for his leadership on the issue of trade and for yielding. In today's global economy, it's essential that we make every reasonable effort to open foreign markets to American products…

I am so pleased this morning to welcome a fellow Kansan to the halls of Congress. Pastor Clark Johnson is here today serving as Guest Chaplain to the House of Representatives, and I have to say it was a nice start to the day with a prayer…

Where is the President's plan? If I had a nickel for every time I have heard that question, we would be much closer to resolving our debt crisis. But the President and my friends across the aisle have still not answered the most important…

I thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for yielding. I am Lynn Jenkins from the Second Congressional District of Kansas, a proud Republican woman, a mother of two, and a CPA with nearly 20 years of experience helping small businesses…

The question on everyone's mind in this Nation today is: where are the jobs? And, more importantly, what is Washington going to do about it? Well, Republicans have a plan. We want to open new markets to exports, make the Tax Code fairer…

I thank my friend from Washington for yielding me some time. My name is Lynn Jenkins, and I am a Republican woman in my second term from the Second District in Kansas. Before entering public office, I worked for over a dozen years in…

Unemployment is over 9 percent. Americans are struggling. They need relief. They need certainty. They need jobs. House Republicans have passed legislation aimed at removing barriers to job creation, including bills to rein in wasteful…

I have the honor and privilege of representing Fort Riley, home of the 1st Infantry Division, or the Big Red One, which has been under the command of Major General Vincent Brooks since April of 2009, a term that included a yearlong…

I have the honor and privilege of representing Fort Riley, home of the Big Red One; Fort Leavenworth, host to the Army Command and General Staff College; the 190th Coyotes out at Forbes Field; and nearly 12,000 National Guard and Reserve…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. Do you all remember the story about an old man of great faith whose town was about to be flooded? The town was being evacuated and the water was already covering the road. The old man sat on…

As we have seen with Colombia, it is clear that U.S. agriculture producers and exporters will lose valuable markets if these trade agreements are not passed.

According to the President's health care law, starting next year any business that purchases more than $600 worth of goods or services from another business is required to submit a 1099 tax form to the Internal Revenue Service. I'm a…

In 2009, after an exhaustive 3-year review, the Department of Homeland Security chose Manhattan, Kansas, as the site for the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. NBAF will be a cutting-edge research facility, and it will accelerate…

The American economy and the American people are still struggling to get back on their feet. Unemployment has remained between 9 and 10 percent for over two years and there is no immediate relief in sight. Each week I return to Kansas and…

``Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.'' With those words, President Reagan felled not only a wall dividing a city but an ideology that divided the world. I carry a piece of that wall with me today, and though 20 years have passed, I am…

Last March I voted against ObamaCare. Rather than bringing down health care costs for all Americans, helping small businesses provide health care for their employees, and preserving Medicare for our Nation's seniors, this law will result…

When I ran for Congress, I made a pledge to the people of Kansas that I would not vote to raise their taxes. Today I will honor that pledge and vote for the tax bill before us because a "no" vote on this measure is a vote to raise taxes on…