Annie Kuster

it is critical that we hear and understand what you are hearing regarding the impact of this shutdown on your membership and the damage that it is doing to our small business community.

the current congressional climate we are confronted with could not be any less ideal, indeed harmful for our small business community and our Nation.

We very much want a clean continuing resolution to get the country back to work, get the government back to work.

I hope that your testimony will cause all of us to redouble our efforts to get the government back to work.

I want to thank my colleague from California (Mr. Peters) for the opportunity this evening to talk about civility, to talk about coming together and finding common ground and, most importantly, to talk about getting things done. I first…

Because some in Washington insist on putting ideology ahead of common sense, we are in the midst of a government shutdown that will hurt real people in my State of New Hampshire. Shutting down our government hurts our economy; it hurts job…

Last night, as we were preparing to vote at an ungodly hour, I was receiving messages from friends from home who were concerned about the irresponsible nature of the leadership in this House in taking actions that would lead to the…

Thank you, Congresswoman Sinema, and thank you so much for bringing us together today. This is a unique experience since I've been here in the United States Congress. Mr. Speaker, today we've heard from Republicans and Democrats, men and…

I want to address my remarks to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle because I, too, believe in work. But in the northern part of my district, we have veterans who are unable to find work. I recently visited the Bridge House in the…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to the committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, we can all agree on the need for targeted…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Kuster moves to recommit the bill H.R. 367 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if ordered. The vote…

On rollcall No. 377, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if…

Yes, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Kuster moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5 to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with instructions to report the same…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will proceed immediately to final passage, as amended. {time} 1100 This week, we have debated how best to educate our…

One message I want to convey, along with Ms. Brownley and Mr. Wenstrup and Ms. Walorski and Ms. Kirkpatrick, is that we are recently elected...

I want to thank my colleague, Ms. Walorski, for leading what was truly an extraordinary effort on this whistleblower protection...

It was truly incredible, and I was given the tour by a victim that had been a part of a task force...

I think the connection to the services that are available in the community... is that there is this effect of a total vacuum.

I hope we really do invest in the infrastructure in this country, particularly our ports.

We founded the Ports Caucus back here because we would love to raise the level of awareness of our colleagues in the importance of the ports.

I think one of the biggest growth possibilities for small businesses is exporting.

many more veterans would elect to receive care in a medical foster home should VA be granted the authority to pay for such care

What this does is create a situation where many service-connected veterans with limited financial resources who would prefer to live in a medical foster home go to a nursing home institution instead