Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for yielding, and I also thank you for your leadership on this issue of bringing this bill before the House. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H.R. 2378. This issue is simple…

Madam Chair, I would encourage my colleagues to adopt this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Michaud). The amendment was agreed to…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Michaud: Page 30, line 14, after…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment to the Small Business Lending Fund Act. The amendment I offer today does two things to improve the underlying bill's State Small Business…

Mr. Speaker, in response to the Chamber of Commerce's recently released report that claims U.S. free trade agreements have supported 5.4 million jobs, I have only one thing to say: Not in my district. Since January of 1994, employment in…

I'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of this amendment. This is a bipartisan effort to ensure that our troops are outfitted with American-made goods as much as possible. Under current policy, clothing items…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Ranking Member Buyer for all his hard work on this bill before us today, as well as my colleague, Mr. Brown, for working in a bipartisan manner throughout…