Mr. Speaker, House Republicans have had more than 4\1/2\ years to craft a long-term surface transportation bill. Their dysfunction and inability to govern is starting to have a real impact on hard-working Americans and on our communities…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday I met with business owners and the Chamber of Commerce back home in Michigan to discuss what actions we can take here in Congress to create jobs and to boost our economy. One action that came up is that Congress…

There is often a tendency to think about cities facing significant municipal stress as being anomalies, or having that problem as a result of significant mismanagement.

I think it is overdue that the Fed, with its strong voice and its dual mandate, particularly its mandate related to employment, take a look at the potential employment impacts of the failure of dozens, potentially, of American cities that…

I have raised this with your predecessor and again with you. I am curious as to whether the Board of Governors might in the near future take up this question.

Mr. Speaker, overnight, House Republicans have dramatically and inexplicably reversed their position on taking down this terribly divisive symbol, the Confederate battle flag. While they initially allowed House Democrats' amendments to…

Mr. Speaker, on July 31, the highway and transit trust fund will expire. So what does the expiration of the trust fund mean to America, to American families? It means the potential loss of over 600,000 jobs. It means the cancelation of…

Mr. Speaker, at the end of this month, the highway and transit trust fund will expire, which would be devastating to our country's competitiveness and threaten 660,000 American jobs and thousands of projects to rebuild America's roads…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, strike lines 1 and 2 and insert the following: ``: Provided further, That an entity…

Mr. Chairman, my hometown of Flint, Michigan, has endured decades of job loss and population loss through the slow, painful erosion of our manufacturing base. Previous trade deals, population shifts, bad land use management, and trade…

Mr. Chairman, other than to say that I will continue to press every opportunity I have to find a way to help these communities. I understand the gentleman's point of order, and I will continue to work with him and any other Member of this…