I thank Congressman Polis for yielding time and rise against the rule and the underlying bill, H.R. 1406, the More Work for Less Pay Act. Congress should protect workers' wages and overtime rights, not undermine them. USA Today reported…

Today I rise in remembrance and to honor our dear friend and former colleague, Congressman Charlie Wilson of Ohio. On Sunday, we learned that Congressman Charlie Wilson passed away from complications from an operation following a serious…

I thank Congressmen Polis, a leader on these issues, for yielding me time. I rise, Mr. Speaker, in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, which would prevent the National Labor Relations Board from doing its job. The NLRB is…

I wanted to follow on Congressman Visclosky's really excellent summary about the amounts of dollars we are spending as a country.

I think that that is something to also consider as one looks at ways of solving this problem geographically.

There has to be a way of explaining this, and until we do, I do not believe we will be successful as a country.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time. I would say to the gentleman, what you said was very, very important, because we do have choices in a budget. And you know, sir, at the food banks around this country, there isn't enough food…

--Just to say that the first obligation is to feed the hungry, feed the hungry. And I don't think the gentleman would want to have on his conscience any harm to the senior citizens of this country, so I'd ask you to rereview your budget…

I am deeply concerned by what I know of the cost overruns and schedule slips of the Department on its major construction projects.

Whether or not we ever build another nuclear facility in this country, or another nuclear weapon, we have this challenge of spent fuel.

I urge my colleagues to join me in voting against this rule and the underlying budget. Stand up for America's seniors. You know, if you go to any food bank in this country, senior citizens are coming in at an increasing rate of 37 percent…

I thank Ranking Member Slaughter for yielding me this time and rise in strong opposition to the rule and the underlying bill that essentially is the Ryan budget. I want to say to the prior speaker that the way you balance budgets is to put…