I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of today's legislation that will ensure that our country's infrastructure needs are met. The bottom line is we are all here. We have agreement on a lot of the discussion we…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his leadership on this series of trade bills that we have been considering for the last few weeks. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the preferences bill before us. This bipartisan…

This is critical to our Nation, its productiveness, and our ability to lead in a global economy.

We are in agreement that we can't continue to kick the can down the road.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, Americans find themselves asking this question over and over again: Are things ever going to get better for America? The only answer has to be ``yes.'' Today, we begin that process…

I am rising today in support of today's rule, which will allow us to proceed in consideration of trade promotion authority, trade adjustment assistance, and customs legislation. Passage of trade promotion authority is absolutely critical…

We must make it crystal clear that this is absolutely unacceptable.

I want to thank Chairman Culberson and Chairman Rogers for working together with Representatives Pascrell, Dent, and Herrera Beutler to develop this amendment. I rise today to offer this critical amendment with the colleagues that I just…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1)''. Page 4, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert…

Incarcerated individuals should not be receiving unemployment benefits meant for individuals and families fallen on hard times.

This is National Police Week, and Friday is Peace Officers Memorial Day. Today I have with me my two good friends who have served in law enforcement. There are some others, I think, in our body who have had that experience. So I brought…

I inquire of Mr. Pascrell if he has any additional speakers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has yielded back his time.

I wanted to just comment on some of the words from my friend, Mr. Pascrell. Again, I appreciate his partnership in co-chairing the Law Enforcement Caucus with me and all those who are members of the Law Enforcement Caucus in recognizing…

I thank the chairman for yielding generous time for my comments. I also want to thank you for your strong support for this legislation, and I take a moment also to thank Ms. Jackson Lee for her strong words of support. Her passion was…

So we want to create more of these jobs, and we need to pass trade promotion authority in order to do that.

For the workers who struggle with wages that do not keep up with inflation, they did not provide enough money for the basics and do not give families the money needed to send their children to schools.

As you know, Washington State is the most trade-dependent State in the country and its trade supports over 77,000 jobs in Washington State.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for allowing me time to speak, recognizing that Texas is also affected--one of the States affected by this bill, as well as Washington State, which is the State where I come from, and several other States…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas for bringing this bill to the floor and for his hard work on this bill. I appreciate the opportunity to speak today in support of this bill. I am proud to be a cosponsor. The story is the same…

But if you are an individual out there making $30,000 or $40,000 a year and you have health coverage and the deductible is $6,000 or $12,000, which some of them are, let me suggest to you that you don't have health coverage, because you…

Mr. Womack, you mentioned that your costs have gone up 60 percent for health coverage. Now, that money that is now going to provide health coverage that is oftentimes more lavish than people even desire, and you are being dictated…

That is 18 pages, 18 pages, small type, of job after job after job, person after person, American after American, who are having their hours cut, their job limited, because of the employer mandate.

It is very odd that we just give inherited wealth a free pass.

Today, as we consider the burdens family businesses and farms face planning for and paying the estate tax...

On rollcall No. 93, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________