Bobby Scott

If this administration cannot see the harm that they are causing not just to LGBTQ Americans...

But there is a difference between exercising religious beliefs and imposing them on others.

These are Americans asking and begging to be treated the same as the next student at the desk...

This is the last step before we can pass the PRO Act. We know that union members make higher salaries, get better benefits, work in safer workplaces. Nonunion members benefit from the high salaries.

I once again urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have a couple of other speakers, but they are not here now, so we are prepared to close.

Can you advise how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia has 11\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Low-income workers are being better paid because of State minimum wage laws that most Republicans opposed. And jobs created in the 35 months of the Trump administration are fewer than the jobs created in the last 35 months of the Obama…

The Federal Analogue Act allows prosecutors to prove that a substance is chemically similar to fentanyl and has the same psychoactive effects. The Federal Analogue Act protects due process rights and is an important check on…

I thank the gentleman for the opportunity to mention these bills for the people. The people will be much better off if we can get a little cooperation down the hall and improve education, improve healthcare, and improve working conditions.

I will point out that the question of availability of drugs in the United States came up at a hearing we had on this legislation. It was pointed out that the target negotiated price will be approximately 120 percent of the international…

We just need to be mindful of that when there may be an opportunity to do something coming up very, very soon on this.

It means that the jobs that could have come to the area won't come to the area. Tens of millions of dollars worth of construction, that's a lot of economic impact to this area they were going to lose for a wall that is not needed.

All of these projects are being lost for a wall that makes no sense and everybody knows it.

Could you advise as to how much time is still available on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cardenas). The gentleman from Virginia has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 1\3/4\ minutes.

I remind my colleague from Texas that a vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 30 percent of the workers in his district in Texas an average raise of about $3,800 a year. I also will point out that the same CBO report that he cited…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 35 percent of the workers in his district in Pennsylvania an average raise of about $3,200 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from…

I remind my colleague that his vote against the bill is a vote to deny about 34 percent of the workers in his district in Pennsylvania an average raise of $3,200, and that, in fact, wages for low-income workers have been going up, but only…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 37 percent of the workers in his district in Alabama an average wage of about $3,700 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny 41 percent of the workers in his district in Georgia an average raise of about $3,800 a year, and I don't think they are laughing about that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2…

As the gentleman has suggested, his vote against the bill is a vote to deny about 43 percent of the workers in his district in Pennsylvania an average raise of $3,900 a year, while the tax bill that he supported, 80 percent of the benefits…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 32 percent of the workers in his district in Michigan an average raise of about $2,300 a year. And in the CBO report that he cited, three of the most recent…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 41 percent of the workers in his district in Tennessee an average raise of about $3,700 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North…

I remind my colleague that his vote against this bill is a vote to deny about 41 percent of the workers in his district in South Carolina a raise of about $3,800 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms…

I remind my colleague that his vote against the bill is a vote to deny about 38 percent of the workers in his district in Pennsylvania an average wage of about $3,300 a year. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California…