John Kline

I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to another gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon), a member of the committee.

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer), another member of the committee.

I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to a member of the committee, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie).

Before I yield to our next speaker, I would just note that the remarks made by my good friend and colleague, frankly, I believe, ignore the reality of the crisis that currently exists. No one, employer, worker, or union, can rely upon a…

I hope that we can come to agreement on this and make it work in the private sector as well

We must ensure our federal resources are used more efficiently to give students the opportunity to embrace and succeed in STEM subjects.

Interesting discussion today about what constitutes bipartisanship. I would just note, for the record, that when we attempted to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act in the last Congress and we moved it through committee, amendments…

Can I inquire: The gentleman from Massachusetts has no other speakers and has the right to close? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has the right to close.

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the chief deputy whip, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam).

Can I now inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1 minute remaining.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for bringing forward this very solid amendment. We know that, under Republican administrations and Democrat administrations, departments are required by law to submit all kinds of…

I see our last speaker hasn't arrived on the floor, and I don't know that he will. So in the interest of keeping this moving, I'll reserve the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Guthrie), a member of the committee.

At this time I'm very pleased and honored to yield 1 minute to the distinguished House majority leader, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor).

I now yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte). {time} 0940

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).

I'm very pleased now to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee, the chairman of the Health Subcommittee, Dr. Roe.

We have a responsibility to ensure that our nation's immigration laws meet the needs of our country's workers and employers.

We must ensure that those workers have a meaningful chance at the jobs that are available in these industries.

The question to consider today is, will opening this type of work to guest workers address any workforce shortage in a way that is good for our nation's economy...

Any work-based visa program for foreign workers must protect employment opportunities for U.S. workers.

I don't think there is a single member of Congress who has casework in their district offices that cannot say that this has just become an overwhelming volume of work...

I think we need some consumer protections. We need to take a look at why students are one of the very few groups that can't get the protection of bankruptcy.

Faster than us? I know, it is shocking. Shocking concept I know.