Thank you, Chairwoman Johnson, for your leadership in holding this hearing.

1 week ago, the President of the United States incited a deadly attack on the United States Capitol, while a couple of dozen Members of this House and I covered ourselves in that Gallery, away from the Trump mob. Five dead, including…

I thank the chairman for his leadership on this and for recognizing me. Madam Speaker, I stand in strong support of this legislation. The American people are struggling. We hear from them every single day, and they need this additional…

I thank the gentleman. This is a moment we can all come together, Democrats and Republicans, including the President of the United States, and do something big and bold that would help American families get through this most difficult…

I thank Chairman Takano and Ranking Member Roe and my Michigan colleague, Jack Bergman, with whom I worked on this legislation, for bringing this bill to the floor, which includes my legislation, the Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act…

Look, we all know this pandemic is not over--it is far from over--and Congress has to do its job. Families, seniors, small businesses are suffering, and they need Congress to act now before we leave town. When we were all home over the…

Finally, I want to thank my colleagues, the cosponsors on this legislation, Representative Huizenga, who we have heard from; Representative Dingell; Representative Joyce; and Representative Stevens. This is, as Mr. Huizenga said, one of…

I rise also in support of S. 1342, the Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2020. I was proud to introduce this legislation here in the House with my Michigan colleagues and also with Senator Gary Peters, a Great Lakes…

Michigan, like many States, continues to see a skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases. In my own family, we have cases, serious cases, of this terrible virus. This pandemic is far, far from over. It is actually getting worse, and Congress…

I very much appreciate you holding this hearing. It is a very interesting and, I think, obviously very important topic.

I live in the salad bowl of the world because of it.

I believe the federal government has a critical role to play in helping oversee and scale up these investments.

So that technology disruption obviously has had a pretty dramatic impact on my community.

I thank the chairman for arranging for this opportunity for the Ways and Means Committee to come together to honor our brother, John Lewis. Just listening to my colleagues gives me a greater sense of just how privileged we all have been. I…

I thank Chairman Takano for yielding and for his leadership, along with Representative Lee, on this issue. If only it were true that no servicemembers or no veterans were taken advantage of, were never put into a junk program by one of…

We could make the decision before these unemployment benefits lapse, and I hope we do.

In order to create public value, we have to have operational capacity.

Rodney Davis, a Republican, and myself have started the Ag Research Caucus to highlight the importance of federal investments in agriculture research.

Now, in Congress, I am trying to do my part in more ways than one, than to just talk about the 'salad bowl of the world,' but making sure that we actually get other Members involved.

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Oregon, for yielding, but especially for leading us to this moment where we have the opportunity to do something big and meaningful that will put millions of Americans back to work in a meaningful way…

I thank my friend and colleague, Congresswoman Tlaib, for her leadership and for bringing this amendment to the floor. I am proud to join her in it. As many of you know, I represent my hometown of Flint, Michigan. Flint is the community…

The residents of my home town are dealing with back-to-back crises, the ongoing water crisis and now the coronavirus pandemic.

I support extension of the unemployment benefit for two reasons, two really important reasons.

I think that problem is being overblown, relative to the more central issue, and that is that people are afraid to go back if they don't believe they are going to be protected in the workplace.

I would also like to thank my colleagues for adding additional funding for our nation's tribal governments. This bill adds $20 billion to aid tribal governments who have been devastated by this pandemic, including tribes in my home state…