G. K. Butterfield

I mean, and I meet with these wheat growers, and cattlemen, and cattlewomen, and others and they are struggling just now to comply with all the rules or regulations of Federal Government.

What are these permit cost going to be, do you think?

I mean, I don't know how an individual cattle rancher is going to handle all this.

I mean that is what he was telling me.

The administration's manufacturing initiatives fully recognize that the future for U.S. manufacturing will only be successful if the American people are successful.

I look forward to working with Mr. Lipinski and all of my colleagues to make sure that that is the case.

I share Mr. Lipinski's view that we must on an ongoing basis do a better job with strategic thinking and planning to maintain the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector.

We were able to work together to get a bill through the House before and I am sure we can work together to do it again.

I think we can all agree that we want a stronger manufacturing sector.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on our committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5651, the Food and Drug Administration Reform Act, and want to simply highlight section 865, the Rare…

Tourism will not be considered an acceptable rural economic development strategy if it does not serve the needs of local residents.

to say thank you, and you are welcome, and be welcoming to travelers.

As State budgets begin to get strained, this is going to be a problem even more in the out years.

The move to sustainability in our Nation's tourism industry recognizes that economic gain and job growth quickly go away if the tourism product is not protected.

the authors of the Travel Promotion Act felt the same way, as the statute explicitly directs Corporation for Travel Promotion to, quote, 'ensure that international travel benefits all States and the District of Columbia, and to identify…

I am opposed to it. It would cost, we are told, $19 for a typical car to travel from the Virginia border to the South Carolina border through our State.

I am fearful that this may discourage to some extent our tourism traffic.

However, the remedy is no longer effective in preventing dumping.

American manufacturing is prime for a renaissance, and House Democrats are making an America agenda.

Can you assure me that you will hang tough and make sure the agreement is revised in a way that prevents further injury to the industry and workers?

There is no more important issue to working Americans than the ability to get and keep a job.

Over the past 2 years, the manufacturing sector has added more than 450,000 jobs.

The creation of jobs benefits the entire economy, and in recent monthly employment reports, we have begun to see the fruits of that labor.

The steel industry is a major employer in my district employing hundreds of hardworking men and women with solid jobs that they can support their families with.

Before getting started, I am just told by my staff that Congressman Sarbanes from Maryland has been re-appointed to the committee.