Jeff Fortenberry

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Naval Reactors…

I appreciate the opportunity to offer this commonsense amendment to protect American jobs and reduce regulatory burdens. Quite simply, this amendment would block the Department of Energy from implementing unnecessary energy conservation…

My priorities for the region are threefold and intertwined. First, it is to prevent widescale conflict, protect Israel...

I think it is worth noting that your background and commitment to this region provides a deep reservoir of experience.

As I was shopping for some family items recently, I noted how difficult it is to find items that are made in America. While American manufacturing is, encouragingly enough, on the rebound, products ranging from hairbrushes to iPods still…

Let me be clear. I didn't say the United States.

It doesn't function well, you are correct. But somehow it functions.

But I think the central question here is, what does a post-Assad regime governance structure look like?

The United States is not going to stand by idly and watch this kind of brutality. It is not who we are, and the times in which that has happened we go back and question ourselves.

Are there some trade practices or business constraints that we could re-examine that, again, would put us on a better competing field for African commerce?

American companies are at a disadvantage because we are not going to play by those same rules.

the Chinese take the stuff and we beg them to help the people in Africa.

To the United States, Africa is becoming a lost continent.

China has a choice: It can join the responsible community of nations to aid and do business with Africa in an ethical fashion or stand by its 'friendship' with despots and tyrants as countless more lives are lost across the continent.

What more important function can our Government undertake than to prevent the abduction of American children?

A child's pain should know no international boundary, and a child's suffering is enough due to the separation of their family unit.

American leadership and innovation was responsible for the remarkable technological breakthrough known as the Internet which spurred the advent of globalization and this unprecedented industrial revolution of our new century.

The Global Online Freedom Act seeks to integrate these foundational human rights principles into the complexities of our participation in the vast global technology marketplace.

Establishing the Office of the International Child Abductions within the State Department, I'm hopeful, may impart a focused and whole of government approach to returning abducted children to the United States.

I appreciate you raising the issue. But I would like you to address something that is of concern to me.

I do frequently hear from constituents who express serious concerns about the disposition of their taxpayer dollars, particularly those going to foreign aid.

I remain opposed to the increase in money for family planning and reproductive health--especially when all other global health accounts decline.

Adopt other key provisions of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act (H.R. 3236, introduced by Reps. Tim Walz and Jeff Fortenberry).

Well, I appreciate it. I hope that we continue to hold more conversations about this because America needs to know. America is already speaking. And that is evident in the number of Members who are deeply interested in this bill.

First of all, let me thank the gentleman from Colorado for his leadership in holding this discussion tonight. This is a very important discussion because it is about a fundamental American principle. As you mentioned, over a year ago, we…