Joe Morelle

Today, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 179, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, under a structured rule. It self- executes a manager's amendment by Chairperson Lofgren and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 179 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 179 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

To the new Member, I also welcome her to the Chambers and I look forward to working with her on important issues, such as education. It should not need to be said, but I will say it: This package has billions of dollars that will support…

I first welcome the gentlewoman from Florida to the House, and I look forward to many opportunities to work together in a bipartisan fashion. I would note that one of the very first things we did in this House was the bipartisan passage of…

Just a couple of brief points. First, as it relates to the amount of discussion about this, we debated this resolution with few changes earlier this week on Wednesday. We had a lengthy conversation. We are discussing it again now. If we…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my colleague from the Committee on Rules, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During…

I first want to say to the distinguished gentleman, my friend: These are not partisan priorities; these are American priorities. I doubt very much that most Americans care about the process we use as they struggle to feed their families or…

Today the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 85, providing for consideration of H.R. 447, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my friend, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 85 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 85 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

There are just a couple of points that I would make. First of all, with regard to amendments, I do note that there were substantial amendments made in order that were offered by Republicans. I do know that some amendments offered by…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1224, providing for consideration of H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1224 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1224 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I think that is why this hearing is so critical.

It is much harder to predict what is exactly going to happen to automation in 10 years.

The more I see it as ways to create tools that will allow people to do their jobs faster, better, more efficiently.

Nothing is normal about this year.

I think one of the most important hearings that you could hold.

For three years, I have led a project in Rochester, New York, where I serve, where we are trying to break down the barriers between health, education, and social services.

Clearly, you know, in a typical year, we would struggle with technology, I think, if you look at the investments we have not made at the state and federal government.

I envision a world, if we can get there, where you could almost do predictive analytics, that you have real-time data on an ongoing basis going to primary-care providers.

It is alarming to me when we talk about reducing that investment and reducing federal investment in those activities.

I just note that in the last Congress, the majority invested $2 trillion in a tax cut that 83 percent went to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, and despite that, we see no lasting benefit of that. It has added substantially to the…

I would just note that bipartisanship is a two-way street. While some may suggest that the majority is at fault, I would argue that there was a lack of a good-faith effort on the part of the minority to engage in meaningful dialogue on…