At this time, I am going to yield to Mr. Marino, and he will finish up.

I am glad to be able to stand here today with my colleague from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino) and Mr. Wenstrup from Ohio, behind me, in order to talk a little bit about not only the state of our country but of our Congress. When we came here 3…

I will take this brief opportunity to thank my colleagues Mr. Marino and Mr. Wenstrup for being here and Mr. Lamborn for being here and for your indulgence and for the American people's. We have often said--and we have shared these moments…

I thank Mr. Marino. I think, Mr. Speaker, as we draw to the end of time, I think it is time for us now to take a look at the world and our place in the world. Geopolitically, we know we have been hurt lately because America has decided to…

I thank Mr. Lamborn. If I may inquire, how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 25 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman, and I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn).

Thank you, Mr. Marino. We all have similar experiences. I know you do, Brad, when you are back home; and, Tom, I know you do when you are back home. It really doesn't matter where we are. A lot of times it is coming out of Mass on Sunday…

I thank Mr. Wenstrup. Mr. Marino and I were talking for a second. Mr. Marino had touched on something that had just happened recently when you talked about activity on the Senate floor and inactivity on the Senate floor. There was a night…

I thank the gentleman. At this time, I am going to yield to a new Member from the State of Ohio. Brad Wenstrup is with us today. He has done remarkable work since he has gotten here in just a little over a year. So, Mr. Wenstrup, thank you…

I agree with you. In my district, Butler Area School District has had to implement procedures to keep all of its part-time employees working less than 30 hours. This hurts education. In New Castle, Lawrence County, their local government…

I thank the gentleman. It is really a pleasure to be with you tonight. Representative Young's piece of legislation, H.R. 2575, is really something that I think that perhaps if more of us who serve in this body were actually people who…

I really want to ask my colleagues today, let's take a real good look at this, at what we are doing. In a country that so badly now is looking for leadership across all phases so that we can retain our position in the world, let's take a…