I would like to make a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holding). The gentlewoman from Ohio will state her parliamentary inquiry.

I thank the ranking member, Ms. Slaughter, for yielding. I wish to say that if the underlying Trans-Pacific Partnership were such a good deal, then why is the Rules Committee limiting our ability to read it and vet it fully and amend it…

Well, in what form could I ask the question that I could get a straight answer as to whether Members will be able to amend the underlying 1,000-page trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

This afternoon, House Republican leaders used a trick to pass a new rule to revote the job-outsourcing, unfair, fast-track Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. They buried the revote in the intelligence authorization. Well, the Republican…

I thank our distinguished ranking member, Mr. Levin of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this limited fast-track trade debate. Proponents of TPA are trying to lure votes for this Pacific deal by cynically adding $700…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, this week's scenario reminds me of the NAFTA fight. To pick up wavering Members back then, a deal was cut even to protect the corn broom industry, but in this deal, we don't protect people. In this deal…

Over this period of time, every time one of these so- called free trade deals is signed, America moves into deeper and deeper trade deficit, deeper and deeper red ink, as more of our jobs get shipped abroad. I remember standing at the…

I thank Ranking Member Peterson for yielding me this time, and I rise in support of maintaining food labeling for the American people. Polls show 9 out of 10 Americans overwhelmingly support country of origin labeling. I certainly look for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment, respectfully, and I implore the majority to take a close look at where they have obtained the money for this important Amtrak investment. Amtrak is…

I thank Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz for the time. I rise in strong opposition to the Ratcliffe amendment. If anyone has been watching, you have seen Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, more than ever, it is critical to engage with…

Members of Congress attend many events. And over the weekend, I was very privileged to be a part of the 125th anniversary celebration of United Allied Trades, Local 50 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Allied Trades in northern Ohio--125 years of…

I oppose this McClintock amendment because it sounds like a solution in search of a problem. This amendment seeks to undermine the Endangered Species Act by restricting the Bureau of Reclamation from expending funds on water for the…