Erik Paulsen

We know the opioid epidemic has, unfortunately, been tearing apart communities all across our entire country. I want to share a story in particular that is similar to the heartbreak and heartache we have heard from others today. Keegan…

Millions of Americans donate blood each year. Every 2 seconds, someone in America needs blood, and one person's blood donation can save as many as three lives in a crisis. A single car accident victim could require as many as 100 pints of…

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 54, beginning on line 5, strike ``the Secretary may not complete'' and all that follows through ``of…

I want to thank the chairman and my colleagues again for supporting the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Rutherford). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr…

In offering this amendment, let me just start by letting folks know that I am offering this with my colleague, Representative Ellison, who could not be with us today. Back in 2015 there was a bipartisan coalition of Minnesota lawmakers…

5.7 million Americans cope with Alzheimer's every day. Every 65 seconds, another American contracts the disease. It is the sixth leading cause of death in our country, and two-thirds of its victim are women. Alzheimer's is a very…

Cops, police, law enforcement--they are the men and women in uniform who display bravery and courage while protecting our citizens each and every day, and it is not without risk. It is National Police Week, when officers and their families…

I want to recognize National Charter Schools Week. Minnesota was a pioneer in the charter school movement, opening the Nation's very first charter school in St. Paul in the fall of 1992. Charter schools are tuition-free, independent…

As May is National Foster Care Month, we need to remember that foster care families provide a vital service for the young people whom they take in. And the need is great. In Minnesota alone, more than 7,500 kids entered out-of-home…

I want to draw attention to April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We know this is a problem across the country. In Minnesota alone, more than 60,000 Minnesotans are victimized by sexual violence each year, and of this number…

I want to recognize an important new law, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, or FOSTA. This landmark anti-trafficking legislation that I helped coauthor was just signed into law by the President this week…

Our American manufacturers can compete and win anywhere. And so we just have to have that certainty, a level playing field in order to be able to do that.

We absolutely need to target these unfair trade practices, especially by China, that absolutely has engaged in theft of American technology and innovation.

These solutions do need to be targeted narrowly to avoid inflicting harm on our consumers as well, and our job creators.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to also thank Chairman Smith, along with his bipartisan colleagues, in joining together in authoring this legislation and bringing this bipartisan legislation forward and speaking in…

Time is running out. Unless the administration takes action by March 31, members of Minnesota's Liberian community who have been here for more than 20 years after fleeing a vicious civil war and making new lives here in the United States…

The President's decision to invoke a very little used 1962 law to impose these broad tariffs is creating a lot of uncertainty.

I want to congratulate the Edina High School girls hockey team for winning the State hockey championship, their second consecutive championship they have won in a row. The bar was set high for the girls from Edina after last year's…

I want to congratulate the Minnetonka High School boys hockey team on winning the State championship title, their first State championship in program history. Minnetonka claimed their title with an impressive 5 to 2 victory over Duluth…

For eight years, the last Administration struggled to find government-based solutions to a financial crisis that hit American workers hard.

We are witnessing a sea change in the American economy, one that is boosting opportunity, supercharging growth, and restoring prosperity to our Nation.

Sex trafficking is a modern-day slavery that violates the human rights of nearly 21 million victims every year. It is a rampant crime, committed around the world, but what many don't realize is that human trafficking is unfortunately a big…

I want to recognize Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina for recently receiving the 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades. Fairview Southdale was also named one of the country's top 100 best hospitals…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the gentleman for his leadership as well as the author, Mrs. Brooks, for her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse…

I want to congratulate Beau Allen, a Minnetonka High School graduate and defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles, who is now on his way to play in the Super Bowl after a strong performance in the NFC Championship Game just a week ago…