Patrick J. Tiberi

Let me set the record straight. All three bills that we are voting on today can be read. This is TPA. This is the bill that will hold the President accountable--this President, the next President. This is the bill that tells the…

Before I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky, I just want to point out the record here. No public service worker has ever been certified for TAA under the 2009 stimulus TAA that was passed. I will also reiterate a statement from the White…

I would like to remind my friend that globalization occurred long before any trade agreement. My dad lost his job, his steelworker job, years before NAFTA. In fact, we have a trade surplus, Mr. Speaker. We have a trade surplus with the 20…

It is my privilege to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), one of our leaders here in the Congress on free trade. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman so much for yielding and for his good work…

It is now my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Young), a member of the Ways and Means Committee and a great partner in trying to open up and break down barriers around the world.

I have great respect for my colleague from Ohio, but let me just give you a few facts. Of the 20 countries with which we have trade agreements, we have a trade surplus. With the countries with which we don't, we have a trade deficit. It…

I thank the chairman for his leadership. Texas is lucky to have him. Ladies and gentlemen, today and tomorrow, we are not voting on a trade agreement. We are not voting on a trade agreement. In fact, we are voting on a bill called TPA…

I, too, want to add my congratulations to the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. Ryan, for the bipartisan nature of the work on this bill. Without his leadership, it wouldn't have happened. I also appreciate the leadership of…

I was unable to attend this evening's rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: rollcall No. 174: H.R. 373--``yea,'' rollcall No. 175: H.R. 1324-- ``yea.'' ____________________

In my State of Ohio, trade becomes a pretty emotional issue, particularly during campaign time.

We can, in this place, not pay for a trillion-dollar spending bill, but then we have to pay for tax cuts.

This is hard. And this place--it is hard to get things done. But you represent why I believe Mr. Brady's legislation is the right thing to do.

You get taxed when you earn it, you get taxed when you save it, which is crazy.

The Tax Code often times makes really weird--or makes people make weird choices, and it does create winners and losers.

I appreciate the fact that we are trying to figure out the family farm. But with all due respect to the two of you, it is more than the family farm. It is that third-generation business.

What is so great about America is that my mom and dad taught me that with hard work and a little luck and a little bit of elbow grease, you can actually accomplish something in America.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your support of H.R. 284, the Medicare Competitive Bidding Improvement Act which, as you said, I introduced with my friend and colleague from Connecticut, Mr. John Larson. The bill does fix a fundamental flaw…

I thank the gentleman from New England and oppose his motion. I don't want to deflate anybody's honor today. Let me just clarify what I said about Mr. Camp and his draft. What I said is--because the gentleman is right. He was fully engaged…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

As a Roman Catholic, I find it interesting that Mr. Camp is a saint now that he is gone. I would like to remind my colleagues that Mr. Camp worked for several years on comprehensive tax reform with little help from the other side. When I…

I thank the chairman for his leadership in the area of tax reform and entitlement reform. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not monkey business. This is serious business, kind of deja vu all over again. We have now been at trying to do…

I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion. (Mr. NEAL asked and was given permission to…

I withdraw my reservation of a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of a point of order is withdrawn.

I would ask if the other side is ready for closing. We have no more speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time to close.

The motion to recommit does not solve the problem that the gentleman talked about. There is one thing that will solve the problem that the gentleman talked about, and it is about lowering corporate rates and going to a territorial system…