Erik Paulsen

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to first speak, in general, in support of this tax package overall, which includes some very, very good tax policy. But I want to highlight and specifically draw attention to one very…

I want to congratulate the Champlin Park Rebels girls volleyball team on winning the Minnesota State High School Championship, the first team in school history to bring a championship trophy back to Champlin Park. Their victory came after…

I am excited to support this legislation. It is bipartisan. Minnesotans and those who are on the front lines of the opioid crisis will be helped, and it will aid the millions of American families who are affected by this epidemic. It…

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, reminding us that we lose too many to suicide each and every day. Unfortunately, suicide is all too common among the men and women who have served our Nation in uniform, a population that is…

I speak in favor of H.R. 6756, the American Innovation Act, which will spur innovation by helping startups survive the first few years of their existence and access the capital they need to grow and expand. This bill also includes a key…

Thousands of unnecessary amputations are conducted each and every year as a treatment for those who have peripheral artery disease. PAD patients suffer from poor blood circulation, which often results in amputation, higher mortality rates…

I urge my colleagues to act to reauthorize and extend the Violence Against Women Act. Enacted back in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act has provided invaluable support and resources to women impacted by domestic violence across…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 388. ____________________

I want to recognize the service of Eden Prairie Police Chief Jim DeMann, who will retire at the end of September after a career of dedication to the safety of Eden Prairie and Minnesota families. Chief DeMann spent his entire career in law…

I want to speak in support of H.R. 4318, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act. The tariff relief that is included in this bill will help lower input costs for American manufacturers that support thousands of good-paying jobs. This cost…

Just to follow up, there are too many families that continue to suffocate under the high premiums and high deductibles that we have from the Affordable Care Act. In contrast to the top-down, one-size-fits-all approach of ObamaCare…

I thank the chairwoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as an advocate for giving consumers more choice in healthcare and lowering costs, I support this bill, which also gives more flexibility for those who have healthcare savings accounts, as…

While we wait for one additional speaker. Mr. Speaker, let me just remind folks where we are right now. Think back to 2013, 2014 when this tax was first put in place. We heard earlier from one of our colleagues who had said: Do you know…

Contrary to some of the claims we heard a little bit before about the bill doing nothing to help everyday, average Americans, I will just remind Members that this bill reverses a harmful tax that is hurting job growth and innovation across…

Reclaiming my time, on the individual mandate, 6.6 million people who paid the penalty had incomes below $50,000. These are middle class people who had to pay the fine instead of buying overpriced ObamaCare coverage that they could not…

As I close, let me remind my colleague, because he had mentioned eliminating the individual mandate as a part of the tax reform that was enacted recently, according to the IRS, 79 percent of the 6.6 million people who paid the penalty in…

Human trafficking hurts women and children all around the world. Sadly, the United States is no exception. As many as 300,000 American children are at risk of child sexual exploitation. It is happening in every community around the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, let me first start off by saying that I have great respect for my colleagues, both Representative Emmer and Representative Nolan, and the rest of our delegation, Representative McCollum…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 346. Stated against:

Almost 820,000 Minnesotans live with arthritis every day. When you think about arthritis, you likely think of it affecting only folks in their older years. But many of those Minnesotans coping with arthritis are actually children…

Last year, 16-year-old Julia Ruelle of Minnetonka, Minnesota, started having headaches and exhaustion. A sophomore at Minnetonka High School, she was diagnosed with a very rare brain tumor. Julia grew up loving the outdoors, and as she…

I want to congratulate the Wayzata boys track team on winning the Minnesota State High School Championship. Wayzata edged out second place to win, their third now, State championship in the last 4 years. The Trojans put on an impressive…

Today is the 6-month anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. And few would have thought that 6 months ago we would have seen such progress so fast because of tax reform, and the results are significant: bigger paychecks and employers…

Keegan's story is why this legislation is so important and how it will save other lives. International mail is often a very easy route that we have seen used for smuggling or the importation of dangerous fentanyl here into the United…