This we see as an economic opportunity for areas like North Bend.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. Well, the beast in the room is jobs, and that's what these bills are about: jobs. We need to pass these trade agreements just like President Obama said. Pass these trade agreements now. Pass these…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for all of your hard work and your leadership in this area. I'm a newcomer to the world of trade, and a fairly newcomer to Congress, having been here for 6 years. I want to talk a little bit…

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped ensure the permanent protection and maintenance of critical lands in our national forests, parks, wildlife refuges, and historic sites. Equally important, it has provided matching funds to…

I think more than anything, Americans across this country recognize that we have a spending problem.

I agree with Mr. Blumenauer, we must find a bipartisan solution to this.

We applaud Representative Reichert's initiative to protect wilderness-quality lands and the Pratt River in his district.

And Members of this great body, this week is Law Enforcement Memorial Week. We have thousands of police officers from across the Nation here in Washington, D.C., to honor those fallen officers of last year and years before. Last year we…

If we may have a moment of silence. The Acting CHAIR. Will all Members and guests in the gallery please rise and observe a moment of silence. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Reed The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 5-minute voting will…

This is really all about jobs in America. And I think all of us here in this committee recognize that.

Let's sell American, sell American, sell American.

what you see here are people that really want to work with you in solving this problem and making America great again and bringing confidence back into our economy.

I do want to say for the record that an income tax and a consumption tax is the worst of both worlds, which I strongly oppose.

So, I think everyone is recognizing the value there, the possible loss of jobs if we do not pass these agreements.

This is all about selling American products. And so, we should all in America be about selling American.

We want to sell American. I mean that is the goal, right? Sell American across the world.

We can demonize this, but, you know, really what it boiled down to is a Representative in Florida who represents a lot of seniors.

I for one am sorry that you are subjected to something of this nature because I truly think, reading through a 25 and a half page pamphlet with 243 footnotes, to try to dress it up to try to make it look official and authoritative and…

With all due respect, the notion somehow that they focus on Medicare Advantage that is rocky and is a draconian cut, Medicare Advantage means that 75 percent of your members who are senior citizens in fee-for-service pay $90 a year more.

We just wanted to know on behalf of the seniors what the truth was. And we couldn't get it.

I do take issue with some of the comments made as far as this being a political witch hunt.

I remember that when some Members of Congress who used to support helping seniors with end-of-life care, when the big lie about death panels, and they retreated, AARP was part of 400 individuals and groups that came forward to tell the…

Hopefully today you will be, and we will be able to get to the bottom of this and make sure together that our seniors are cared for properly.

The fact that you support these cuts, it is amazing to me.

AARP, you are not suggesting, I hope, that the half trillion dollars in Medicare cuts that will jeopardize seniors' access to health care is good for seniors, are you?