During the August recess, I organized a district field hearing to hear firsthand accounts from America's workers, my constituents, on NAFTA's disastrous job impacts. These voices must be heard and listened to as our Nation renegotiates…

They directly know the negative impacts of NAFTA. Amy stressed the changing nature of manufacturing in Ohio, making up one of eight jobs. Donnie discussed how Ohio has lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs as well as the imperative for a…

President Trump promised to fix our trade deficits and bring back American jobs. Seven months into this administration, wages are flat and workers continue to get pink slips. The administration has not made its promises on NAFTA come true…

Thus, I encourage all my colleagues to oppose this sort of backward maneuver and oppose the final bill. In closing, I would like to say, and to acknowledge publicly, a very big thank you and congratulations to Taunja Berquam on her…

I want to thank Ranking Member Lowey for yielding me time. Thank you to all members of the committee for the long hours you have dedicated to these bills, certainly our chairman, Rodney Frelinghuysen. The artificially low allocations you…

So with this unanimous consent request, I stand on behalf of those 4,400 Ohioans as well as 800,000 young Americans who are DREAMers and will inject new energy and new possibility into our country, help to fund programs like Social…

During World War II, a wise admonition from our military read: ``Loose lips sink ships.'' In other words, beware of unguarded talk. Of late, our world has witnessed an unprecedented escalation in tension with North Korea and its deranged…

I want to express my appreciation to Congressman Mike Simpson and all the members of our subcommittee on both sides of the aisle for completing our work on time and for reaching agreement on many of these amendments that will save the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I also rise in opposition to this amendment. I respect the gentleman from Michigan, particularly because he is from the Great Lakes region, too, and we need him as a strong voice for our Great Lakes…

Last week, the Trump administration released its NAFTA renegotiating objectives, which laid out its plan for how to fix that bad trade deal for America's workers, but it lacks specifics. Yes, America needs a better deal, better jobs…

With all the respect I have for Congressman Burgess, I oppose this damaging rider which would block the Department of Energy from implementing or enforcing commonsense energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs. This rider was a bad idea…

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