Marc Molinaro

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Molinaro, as well, and I think of Don Payne at this moment. I am pleased to support the Think Differently…

I first extend my appreciation to Chairman Sam Graves not only for leadership of the committee this last year but also for working with us to move this piece of legislation. Amtrak was certainly hesitant to disclose their bonuses that came…

I am very grateful that my Think Differently about Education Act has come to the floor today. This builds off of an initiative we launched in my home county about a decade ago. We launched the ThinkDIFFERENTLY initiative as a means of…

I appreciate my colleague's support for our amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman).

Louisville is a union town. And truly, from the fact that every Ford Escape and every Ford F-250 and above is made in Louisville, Kentucky, and that our baseball bats and even our bourbon are made with union labor right there in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, line 10, strike ``and''. Page 21, line 14, insert ``and'' after the semicolon. Page 21, after line…

I introduced the Think DIFFERENTLY Initiative and Think DIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act, to help small businesses address accessibility issues for employees with disabilities.

Thank you for holding today's hearing, Mr. Chair.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, line 5, insert ``religion,'' after ``color,''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution…

For our entire history as a nation, our colleges and universities have been the example for other countries. Why? Because historically this Nation has ensured that colleges and institutions of higher learning have been places where we have…

My colleague knows I respect him greatly. I know that he and I appreciate the expression of our faith in the way that we choose to do so. I don't think there is any confusion here at all. The beauty of this body is that when confronted…

I too rise in support of the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. Since President Biden took office, over 11 million individuals have come into this country illegally. Hundreds of thousands of these illegal immigrants have come to…

I am certainly grateful to Representative Chris Smith for his leadership. The Autism CARES Act has made an immeasurable difference in the lives of countless Americans living with either autism, neurodivergence themselves or the family…

I thank the chairwoman not only for her leadership but for her support of this legislation as well. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 6160, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act. As we know, over 48 million…

My amendment at the desk adds a requirement to the bill in chief that the Department of Justice identifies all cases of intellectual property theft of American small businesses by the Chinese Communist Party. Even in upstate New York, we…

You pronounced my name better than my own grandmother. Mr. Chair, the underlying bill, the Protect America's Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024, importantly counters the Chinese Communist Party's illegal and grossly…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 6, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 4, line 8, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and''. Page…

I appreciate my colleague's support of my amendment. I look forward to bipartisan support of the bill in chief, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 16, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 2, line 20, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and''…

I appreciate my colleague's full-throated endorsement of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

It is truly a high honor to have Rabbi Levi Slonim as our guest chaplain today. Rabbi Slonim codirects Chabad Downtown in Binghamton, New York, alongside his wife, Hadasa, and is also the director of development at the Rohr Chabad Center…

Since 9/11 of 2001, we have talked about interoperability and shared communication, and we have failed significantly.

Obviously, many of us all watched what occurred in East Palestine thinking, what if it was our communities?

I assure you that I had opposed that theory last week and would continue to do so this week.