Dan Kildee

I thank the chairman and the ranking member for their comments. I will say that, when I speak of a set of fresh eyes--I understand the studies that have been done by the GAO and other internal studies, and I will acknowledge a certain…

I would like to follow up on something Mr. Royce asked you. And I was very pleased to hear you say that you were exploring ways in which the agency might be able to issue advisory opinions.

I never want to miss an opportunity to thank you for your public service and that of your agency.

I would like to join my colleagues in support of this important NAHASDA program within this appropriations bill. As has been stated, our country--this Nation, this government--has an important trust responsibility that it is obligated to…

First I would like to register my concern and support over the issues raised by Mr. Polis. The question on the amendment that he offers has not to do with much of the policy, but the fact that we have to make budget decisions that are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 33, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''. Page 63, line 22, after the dollar amount…

It has been nearly 2 months since the Senate acted to extend unemployment compensation to millions of Americans. It is a bill that was passed in a bipartisan fashion, the way folks back home want us to do things; a bill that was paid for…

I offer this amendment. I represent Flint, Michigan, and Saginaw, Michigan, two cities that have dealt with significant violence. There are cities across the country that are plagued with extreme violence and are unable themselves, these…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $8,000,000)''. Page 63, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert…

My amendment would ensure that the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center under the International Trade Administration's budget is funded at this President's requested level of $15 million by moving $10 million from NASA's $4.2 billion…

I thank my good friend for yielding. Madam Chairman, I would like to address two amendments that I offered that are included in the en bloc amendment, one that deals with expanding financial resources and tools for servicemembers and one…

This week, I and many others were in Lafayette Park joining the family of Amir Hekmati, my constituent, to commemorate a very sad anniversary. For 1,000 days, Amir Hekmati, a young man born in the United States, grew up in my hometown of…

It is just wrong. It is wrong that we have 2.8 million hardworking Americans who have lost their jobs and are looking every day for their next job. They stand to lose everything that they have worked for, and this Congress has within its…

this Congress has failed to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to address gender pay disparity in the private sector and ensure that women earn what they rightfully deserve.

the CFPB protects consumers in the financial markets and its charge is to ensure that they are treated fairly.

it is unequivocal to many of us that nationwide, it is clear that we have a big problem here--and this was referenced in some of your comments--when women make 77 cents on the dollar as compared to men in the workplace.

I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can immediately bring up H.R. 4415, which would restore unemployment benefits to 2.8 million Americans, people…

It has been 1 month since the Senate acted in a bipartisan fashion to pass emergency unemployment extension. Just hours after the Senate acted, I introduced a bill, H.R. 4415, the same language passed by the Senate. It is fully paid for…

Today there are 2 million Americans that stand to lose everything they have worked for, through no fault of their own--2 million Americans that are working Americans that get up every day and work hard to find their next job. They are…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I think we can agree at least on the rhetoric that the best thing we can do to balance our budget in the long-term is to grow the economy, but it is pretty clear we have a different vision as to how…

On Monday night, I introduced legislation to provide an extension of emergency unemployment benefits that would extend the important safety net of unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance to over 2 million Americans who lost their…

Cuts infrastructure, which we have to address. If our companies, if our manufacturers are going to be competitive, we are going to have to make those sorts of investment. This budget does none of those things. All it does is protect those…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I join him in urging my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can immediately bring up H.R. 4415, which is identical to a bill that passed on a bipartisan basis by the Senate just…

Thank you to my friend from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) for yielding, and for his leadership. He is exactly right. What this budget fails to do is address the fundamental questions that we have to address. As a new member of the Budget…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 230, noes 165, not voting 36, as follows: [Roll No. 166] AYES--230…