Brett Guthrie: “I urge my colleagues to vote for H.R. 4969. I yield back the balance of my time.”

Mr. Speaker, the American economy is fueled by petrochemical refineries providing affordable diesel and gasoline to families, critical inputs for our manufacturers, and products imperative for the maintenance of our defense systems. The…

I think that the people who will have the most difficult time with it would be that it doesn’t go far enough.

Balancing the federal budget must not come at the expense of those who depend on these benefits for their health and economic security.

I have a letter here from the National Automatic Merchandising Association--vending machines, as most of us would know it--that it would be affecting their vending members. Most are small businesses. Ninety-plus percent of their operators…