You know, we talk a lot about workforce development. In the aggregate, America does not have a birth rate that is replacing the aging, retiring workforce.

When you are talking about the child, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it was my provision that helped double the child tax credit, and, sir, it is refundable.

One of the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that encourages families to have children and to grow their families if they want to is the child tax credit.

we should be focusing this Committee's time on policies that create jobs, increase wages, and expand opportunities for all Americans.

If we want to get serious about ending inequality, we need to make sure that we do not keep and push people down to stay reliant on federal government programs.

the Budget Committee is supposed to be the Committee of fiscal discipline, and we have a responsibility to ensure that our government's finite resources are helping to grow the economy.

the title of today's hearing is 'Solutions to Rising Economic Inequality,' but I am concerned this hearing is focused on the wrong premise.

It lowered taxes on middle and lower income families. It lowered taxes for virtually all Americans.

So if we want to get serious about inequality, I give you one way that we can start, Mr. Chairman. Let us try to all work together.

Republicans stand ready to tackle the root causes of these cost increases so we can put the American dream within reach for more families across our great nation.

a family of four with $73,000 of income received a $2,000 tax cut, a 58 percent reduction in federal taxes.

I respectfully urge the Committee to hold a hearing to examine whether TMS is a viable, alternative treatment option for veterans suffering from PTSD and TBI, in addition to depression.

Homelessness among our veterans, both men and women. It is a national tragedy.

I'm very pleased to see Ohio taking action to provide our veterans with new and innovative individualized care and treatment options.

We just can not give them a blank check, but want to make sure that we have accountability in place.

It is a crime that we have not got it done yet.

I encourage this Committee to continue looking for innovative ways to address this issue.

We have seen a rising tide of support for the Improve Act, including National VSOs and the Secretary of Affairs, Mr. Robert Wilkie, who recently identified the need for the Improve Act in order to help the VA reach more at-risk veterans.

The VA can not do it alone; we need the community involved in this.

I am pleased to share with you efforts underway in Ohio to provide TMS as an additional, alternative treatment for these veterans.

I wish this Committee would focus on its responsibility to develop a budget.

I am grateful to the Administration for recognizing the unprecedented employer demand for H-2B workers and raising the cap by an additional 30,000 visas for the rest of fiscal year 2019.

Without substantial and immediate reform to this visa program, some of the small businesses in my district are at risk of losing everything because they can't get their workers.

I represent rural eastern and southeastern Ohio, where many small businesses rely on H-2B visas.

We all want to produce a bill that can help address the current challenges and opportunities of our pipeline system.