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January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. With as many as 25 million people enslaved worldwide, human trafficking is an abhorrent practice that has become one of the most important human rights issues of our time…
Tomorrow, January 9, is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. It is a time to celebrate everything that our law enforcement men and women do for our communities. While it is important to appreciate their courage and bravery, it is…
50 years ago, the National Park Foundation was established by Congress and President Johnson. The National Park Foundation is the official charity of America's national parks and the nonprofit partner to the National Park Service. For 50…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. One of my predecessors--a good friend and mentor--was Bill Frenzel. He was the last Minnesotan to serve on the Ways and Means Committee when tax reform was passed. It was 1986. In the 31 years since…
When one thinks of poverty, it is likely they envision poverty in an urban or maybe a rural setting; and it may come as a surprise, but poverty in suburban communities is on the rise. In fact, the number of people living in poverty outside…
November is National Adoption Month, which is an opportunity to remember the more than 400,000 children across the country who are waiting for a family to provide them with a loving home, one they can call their own. The backbone of…
I want to speak in opposition to this legislation, and here is why: it threatens Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area; it stops the scientific environmental review that is going on right now; it weakens the Antiquities Act; and it…
For the first time in a generation, middle- income and hardworking Americans are closer to a Tax Code that works for them rather than against them. It has been 31 long years since we last reformed our broken tax system, and, in that time…
I offer my congratulations to the Wayzata girls and boys cross country teams, who both won Minnesota State high school championships this season. The Wayzata girls' team was led by sophomore Emma Atkinson, who finished in third place…
And let me just start by saying that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have called on us to work with them over and over again to find common ground, to make fixes in the flaws in ObamaCare. {time} 1600 Today we have an…
Last week in Minnesota, I conducted a tax reform listening tour, visiting small businesses in our community about why tax reform is so important. Throughout the tour, it was evident that these small businesses were enthusiastic that tax…
The budget that is being considered here today sets in motion the process of the first major tax reform that we will have been able to see in 3 decades. We are on the cusp of a really exciting opportunity to give Americans what they…
It is time we go after the perpetrators of online sex trafficking. A recent investigation revealed what I have been saying for years, that websites like backpage.com knowingly facilitate human trafficking due to existing law which has been…
I, along with America's small businesses and other hard-working taxpayers, have been struggling under high tax rates for years.
September is Peripheral Artery Disease-- or PAD--Awareness Month. PAD is a vascular disease that impacts as many as 18 million Americans. Narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to your limbs, like your legs, and in very serious cases leads to…
Minnesota and the entire Wayzata community are grieving after the death of Police Officer William Mathews this past Friday. He was responding to a 911 call to collect hazardous debris along the highway when he was tragically struck by a…
Let me start by acknowledging my colleagues, Representatives Emmer and Nolan. I'm proud to call both of you my friends, but I'm speaking tonight because I disagree with this amendment. We can be open to new types of mining in Minnesota…
First I would just like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey, along with the full committee and Chairman Frelinghuysen and their staff for their willingness to help with this amendment, as well as for all the hard…
I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan). The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 896, line 17, after the dollar amount…
Sharks are being killed 30 percent faster than they are able to reproduce, which is having a serious impact on our ocean's ecosytem. One contributor to this decline is an inhumane practice that is known as ``finning.'' Finning is the…
The fourth line in the Warrior Ethos reads: ``I will never leave a fallen comrade.'' Every soldier who passes through Army basic training knows this motto, and truly it is the spirit of our entire military. Currently, more than 75,000…
We continue to hear about the challenges for college students who borrow more and more to pay higher tuition rates and then are saddled with huge debt loads that they will have great difficulty paying back. The average debt for a 4-year…
I do believe it is absolutely necessary and critical that strong digital trade provisions also be included in any NAFTA modernization.
According to recent VA analysis, an average of 20 veterans commit suicide per day. Additionally, 20 percent of those who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from PTSD or major depression. Addressing the mental health of our veterans…
Brilliant minds from around the world come to the United States to pursue advanced degrees. Unfortunately, for many of these individuals, after we train them, after we educate them, we force them to return to their home countries due to…
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