May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 11\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Connecticut has 11\1/4\ minutes remaining.

We are hearing from the people who are on the front lines, and we have said we want to protect the people on the front lines. Well, let's listen to the people on the front lines. I reserve the balance of my time.

We all agree American workers should be kept out of harm's way on the job so they can safely and healthily return home to their families. These caregivers deserve protections, but H.R. 1195 is the wrong approach to address the important…

And I rise in opposition to the en bloc amendments. Madam Speaker, in America, discriminating in pay based on sex is illegal, as codified in the Equal Pay Act and the Civil Rights Act. Democrats claim H.R. 7 will improve upon these…

I support equal pay for equal work. I don't know how many times Republicans have to say that, but we will keep saying it if necessary because equal pay for equal work is the right thing to do, but it is also required under two Federal…

Another provision in H.R. 7 requires that, in addition to proving business necessity, an employer must prove the business necessity accounts for 100 percent of the differential in compensation at issue. This is impossible to do. How can an…

I thank the majority leader for his compliments of me. When Howard Coble first introduced me to the Republican Conference here he said, I was ``a feisty mountain woman from the Blue Ridge, who goes bear hunting with a switch.'' And so I…

I have never said everything is perfectly okay. I said this bill is not the answer to what issues may still exist out there. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. Miller-Meeks), and applaud her for how she has…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this amendment, which was also introduced earlier this week by Representative Stefanik as a standalone bill, H.R. 2491, the Wage Equity Act of 2021. Unlike the…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 210, not voting 2, as…

North Carolina's US-74 corridor passes through largely rural regions of the state and is characterized by inconsistent travel speeds, bottlenecks at signaled intersections, and a high occurrence of vehicle accidents.