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although it is unrelated to what we are doing, I wish to talk a little bit about general tax reform. The amendments are very important, and we are dealing with the issue, of course, of the minimum wage and offsetting some of those costs to…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5602 was a bill that was introduced in June of this year by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ramstad) and principally the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). This is the culmination of a long and sometimes very…

I have in high regard those Members who focus on issues which they are concerned about in the pension bill, and I know that there are a number of sections that people could focus on in terms of their concern about the bill. And I know it…

I rise today to join in the conversation and the discussion about energy and in support of S. 3711, the Gulf of Mexico Energy bill. We are coming up on the anniversary of the Energy Policy Act which we passed sometime back. It is…