Marcy Kaptur

We cannot get the government of the United States to respond fast enough to what is occurring there.

We do not have a flexible system to target. We do not have any program really that deals with this kind of economic transformation.

I was very impressed, Ms. Collins, with some numbers you provided for the region. Appalachia, I mean, just think about this, since 2000 has lost, counting manufacturing jobs and coal jobs, over 655,000 jobs.

In the region of the country that I represent nuclear energy is undergoing particular market pressure right now because of, I do not know whether one would call it an anomaly in the marketplace, but because of the movement of natural gas…

I urge you to work together and invite the President of the United States to your Reservations and to make sure that the infrastructure bill that they are considering over there... that they see you.

The fact that you have named your port in memory of our dear Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley gets my attention.

I am hoping that in any new infrastructure bill that is proposed that the cleanup issues will be also considered for inclusion.

I just wanted to thank Congressman Huizenga for testifying today and being a very strong advocate for proper investment in our ports and waterways.

I just thank Representative Rooney for being such an articulate spokesman for the Everglades and for your region.

I just wish to place that on the record because I think that your life and the lives of those you represent are just as important as those who happened to live west of the Mississippi River.

So what do Congressional Republicans have as an alternative solution? Nothing. The cost to roll this rule back is significant. It is not good for retirees or workers, and it maintains the growing burden on taxpayers who fund assistance…

The interview with Mr. Scarborough took place the day after Mr. Putin praised and propagandized Mr. Trump as ``bright and talented'' and the ``absolute leader of the Presidential race.'' That was about a year before our election. Months…

Our father had to fight to get him in there because there wasn't enough space for people who were ill and dying. That was before hospice and that was before Medicare. I remember, as a young girl, that that was a hard thing to experience…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Committee? The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded…

Third, Mr. Chair, it would not have been unusual or extraordinary for the Rules Committee to have protected from a point of order the mail delivery standards added to this bill when, in fact, they actually included 30 other amendments that…

It is our constitutional responsibility in Article I. We should not retard postal operations. Second, the Chaffetz point of order will actually cost our citizenry more money by, in fact, $66 million due to the added transportation costs…

Let me clarify what insisting on this point of order means. First, it means that the amendment the Appropriations Committee added to the bill, requiring the Postal Service to maintain highest quality delivery standards, is nullified. This…

I wish to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Poe of Texas). The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I urge Members to oppose the gentleman's amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has been absolutely unrelenting in her representation of Houston and of the serious situation that is faced there by the citizenry and leaders because of the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will be postponed. {time} 2015 Amendment Offered by Mr. Higgins

I don't have a copy of the amendment in front of me, but from what I have listened to the gentleman, it sounds like discrimination in the guise of religious freedom, and I would hope that isn't what the gentleman intends. I have just been…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I just wanted to say that I associate myself with Congressman Maloney's remarks. Workplace discrimination is a crime that we, as lawmakers, have long sought to mitigate. I have to say I admire him for his courage, for his eloquence, and…