I am also very concerned about the perception of wrongdoing when it comes to our securities laws.

Please, Mr. Clayton, please withdraw this rule. It is harmful to our seniors, it is harmful to our small investors.

I inadvertently voted ``aye'' when I intended to vote ``no'' on rollcall No. 521. Amendment No. 200 Offered by Mr. Ellison The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

I am thrilled to rise today to speak on behalf of my amendment which will remove unnecessary, redundant, and burdensome regulations from our sea urchins and sea cucumbers industry in the great State of Maine. Now, we have some of the most…

I thank Congresswoman Chellie Pingree from the First District of the State of Maine. I represent the Second District. I encourage everyone in this body, Republicans and Democrats, to please take care of our veterans. Please vote for S. 114…

I would remind you that ``Maine is Vacationland.'' If you have not booked your Maine vacation, there is still plenty of time. I would like to thank Chairman Roe, who is a Vietnam veteran himself and a doctor, in leading us down this path…

Throughout America's 241-year history, millions of brave men and women have fought for our freedom, and we are grateful for their service. Sometimes, Mr. Speaker, we find an American hero who worked behind the scenes to keep us free…

Sadly, rural Maine is ground zero for the opioid epidemic in America. Every day, on average, Mr. Speaker, one fellow Mainer dies from an overdose. Sixty percent of our families are impacted one way or another from this scourge. For years…

I appreciate the leadership of the Armed Services Committee in the Seapower Subcommittee on both sides of the aisle to accept this amendment and its important modifications to the underlying bill provision limiting the availability of…

I thank Chairman Thornberry and Chairman Wittman for their support on my important amendment. Bath Iron Works is a critical national security asset to our country. It is a source of great pride for all Mainers, and the shipyard employs…

A good job solves a lot of problems.

Government should be in the business of helping our families.

We do not want to over-regulate our small savers such that they lose the ability to plan for their retirement.

Here is what I worry about, Mr. Chairman, is that we have a potential here of so over-regulating the people who provide good advice to our small savers in this country that you are driving away that advice.

We do not have a government unless we have tax revenues. Let us juice the tax revenues, right? It helps everybody.

We have got to have the guts to do what is right here. And it is all about taking care of our veterans.

Every dollar we save, every asset that we are not maintaining, can go back into helping our kids that come back from combat with wounds.

I appreciate the opportunity to address the Floor on this important issue. Gentlemen, it was our first Commander in Chief, George Washington, who said something to the effect that we can never expect our young men and women to step forward…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I represent the most honest, hardworking families in this country, in the great State of Maine. I also represent tens of thousands of small-business owners in our State that create thousands…

My concern is how do we get every possible dollar that we have available clinically to help our veterans if they need a knee replacement or they have PTSD?

I thank the chairman very much for this opportunity to speak on behalf of H.R. 1329, and I salute Congressman Bost from Illinois and Congresswoman Esty from the great State of Connecticut for their great work in a bipartisan fashion to…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for those kind remarks. I am so proud to represent the most honest and hardworking Americans you can find anywhere. Maine's Second Congressional District is, if not the largest, the second largest…

I thank the chairman, and I appreciate it very much. I do want to thank the Congresswoman from New York and also Congressman Juan Vargas of California who stepped up as the lead cosponsor of this legislation. As Mr. Hill mentioned a moment…

an important first step and the beginning of a longer-term process among industry, local stakeholders, and Federal agencies that can revitalize this critical pillar of our economy.

The responsibility of those of us in Congress is to create a predictable and streamlined set of regulations, such that we have an environment for the private sector, for businesses to invest, to grow, and to hire more of our constituents…