Rob Andrews

No, they're not. Reclaiming my time, this is just not correct. There is no one exempt from this coverage. Does the gentleman agree that he is not exempt from this coverage? Are you exempt? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman…

On the east coast it's almost the end of the workday. And we know that somewhere a mom who stood on her feet all day in a retail store, or broken her back all day in a nursing home, will come home, and she will see that her son or her…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, nays 195, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No…

The House deserves a vigorous debate on any question. It also deserves the factual record. The President, the Vice President, and the employees of the executive branch are subject to the law in the following way: because they receive…

I thank my friend for yielding. It is right and good that people should passionately pursue their points of view in democratic debate. But it's also our obligation to work from the same set of facts. I have sat here and listened to my…

I thank my friend. Massachusetts added nine-tenths of 1 percent of part-time jobs to the workforce. The country was 0.8. So if this bill is going to force all of these employers to drop their hours from full time to part time, why didn't…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, noes 204, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 137] AYES--223…

So it's Friday afternoon at the nursing home, and Debbie and Donna are approached by the boss. The boss says, I have 5 hours of overtime this weekend. You can either have cash or comp time. Debbie says, I'll take the cash. I need the…

I don't think you can overstate the importance of math skills in the global economic competition in which we find ourselves.

We're here this morning because Americans are understandably upset at sitting and waiting at airport gates. But there are other Americans who are sitting and waiting. There are moms sitting and waiting at home to enroll their children in…

Maybe the committee could ask the witnesses to evaluate this idea of women in our Armed Forces being given some special institutional role to help the Afghan women.

This committee is not late to this process. But I would ask my colleagues to make a joint effort to get to the floor something that would end this problem.

I think we certainly ought to talk to women leaders in our Armed Forces.

I want to thank the chairman and Mr. Smith for long before this sequestration became a reality, they were sounding the sentinel about what it would mean.

the obstacles to Afghan women both joining the military and the police and remaining in the military and police are myriad

I think one of the best ways to assure the fair and good treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan is to try to increase the power and influence that Afghan women have over various institutions within that country.

But a critical piece of addressing the enemy situation in Afghanistan is going to be where Pakistan is with regards to supporting the enemy inside of Pakistan.

I know what is supposed to happen when those Special Ops forces are no longer in the country doing that.

A bill that Mr. Courtney introduced on April 17th that would put off that rate increase for 2 years, would not add a penny to the deficit.

Thank you for your service to our country and please convey to the men and women that you lead how proud we are of them and how much we support them and want them home safely.

I understand these goals are integrated, they all relate to each other.

For every $100 we were spending in 2004 on research and development, we are now spending $85.00.

I appreciate the fact you are struggling with limited dollars. We have made that decision, not you.

this is an area where I think we will deeply regret not staying current, not staying ahead of the rest of the world if we don't make some unpleasant choices about base structure.

I yield myself 15 seconds. Mr. Speaker, President George W. Bush used the same legal authority to make appointments to the National Labor Relations Board that President Obama used here. There was not a word of challenge from the other side…