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 immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the families and…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the…

Under this legislation, the VA would create a database to help match qualified job applicants to critical open positions in order to more quickly fill those vacancies. My amendment is simple. It requires the VA to include mental health…

Enforcement in industries with high rates of violations is an efficient use of the Department's resources and ensures that workers who do not have the resources to bring a claim are protected.

These recoveries are only a fraction of the estimated $3 billion lost annually by workers due to wage theft.

We do have a problem, and there are a large number of people in this country who suffer because of this.

Are workers' wages and benefits better or worse in States that have right-to-work laws?

we're talking about people. We're talking about workers. We're talking about a lot of workers who are earning a wage that none of us would accept.

we have real people's lives at stake here.

the fatalities in right-to-work States are 50 percent higher than in nonright-to-work States.

We know, for example, that 30 million Americans would lose coverage, with the vast majority in working families.

These meaningful protections have improved the lives of people around the country, protections that are being threatened.

this hearing is part of a larger agenda to repeal the Affordable Care Act root and branch, despite the fact there's no credible plan to deal with the chaos that repeal would create.

The Affordable Care Act saved his life, because he had access to treatment.

Despite the fact that Republicans have had seven years to come up with a so-called replacement plan, the current plan looks like repeal and collapse.

How did a $35 million earmark for 2012 and maybe 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry get into this bill and why? If Texas Governor Rick Perry chooses to send the Texas National Guard to the Texas border on his…

Today we stood up again for a moment of silence because there was violence in schools, and we know this has happened repeatedly since Newtown. These families are waiting for us to do something. They are waiting for Congress to do…

In addition to all of the other problems that my colleagues have cited, this bill would exclude walking, biking, and transit projects from TIGER funding, wrongly suggesting that these are not crucial parts of our transportation network…

Earlier today I attended the annual New Hampshire Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony. This year's ceremony was particularly somber as we added a new name, Officer Stephen Arkell, to New Hampshire's Roll of Honor. Officer Arkell was…

I think Congress has put all of you in a very, very difficult position and that we simply cannot have it both ways.

And let me say, I started off very prejudiced, having been a military spouse, and my father-in-law ran the commissary. So, you know, I am starting off in a position of actually knowing what this means to families.

I find this breaking a social contract.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has decided the very wealthiest Americans should now be allowed to have even more influence in politics to advance their personal or political or business agendas. The Court has allowed even more…

I am opposed to it in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Shea-Porter moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3193 to the Committee on Financial Services with…

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 the passage of the bill, if ordered. The…