At this time, I would like to enter into the Record two letters--one from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, which is in strong support of H.R. 2575, and then another letter from the National Federation of Independent…

I will include letters from the Employers for Flexibility in Health Care Coalition and the NRF. We have a lot of these letters. I think I will read more of them as we go on. I am fascinated by the results of Senator Cruz's request online…

I also have a letter from the Small Business Coalition for Affordable Healthcare. There are 43 members signed onto this one. I reserve the balance of my time. Small Business Coalition for Affordable Healthcare, April 2, 2014. Hon. John…

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), my friend and colleague.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. It is an old political tactic to use confusion. We have watched for almost 4 years the Republican Party try to confuse the…

At this time, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), another colleague and good friend of mine.

We are prepared to close. Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano).

I think my time is pretty close to the end, is it not? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 2 minutes remaining.

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…

I thank both Mr. Thompson and Mr. Swalwell so much for bringing this bill forward. Again, I would just like to point out the uniqueness of the exceptional country that we live in. There is never a time that Americans don't always stand up…

I have no further requests for time. So at this time, I will reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, there are very few times in my life in which I have really had the privilege of representing people who are so dear to me. I just think, if you were to look at our generation, we would all have to agree…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, this is very clear, the purpose of today's debate. The Take Care Clause is to faithfully execute laws that are passed. This is about standing statute. In fact, this is the centerpiece of the President's…

I thank the gentleman from Texas and also my friend from Pennsylvania. As you heard Congressman Barletta talk about, 90 percent of the 1,800 fire departments in Pennsylvania are all volunteer. These are men and women from the community…