Mark Pocan

What did you mean then how to keep guns out of young people's hands? You said it was the President supported that measure, but he clearly chickened out.

I appreciate that, because I agree, there is not a grizzly bear problem in this country. There is a gun violence problem in the country.

When the people lead, eventually the leaders will follow.

We have some concerns that the direction you might be going could take away protections for people like Uber and Lyft drivers, Amazon delivery drivers, that they might not get paid minimum wage and other things.

I am just wondering why unions are the only group that seems to be singled out for more regulation when everything else has been moving toward deregulation?

Let us be bolder in this area.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 135 will not be…

I will close by saying that I have been an employer for nearly 30 years; and on behalf of the vast majority of employers who have very responsible workplaces and care for their workers and take care of their workers, it is the…

I have a question for the chairman of the MILCON Committee about the language in his committee report regarding colorectal cancer screening in the VA. Mr. Chairman, in his report, Mr. Dent encourages the VA to increase colorectal cancer…

But who now says it has not lived to its promise.

I just would ask you, would you send your kids to a school where they have 93 percent of the students who aren't English proficient, and zero percent are math proficient?

I guess if you look at the prices of drugs in other countries, and Ireland in particular is one that I looked at very closely, in Canada, for example, you can pay $257 for an arthritis drug that in America costs $1,126 and it is 28 times…

The day after I visited the Beloit Program, a stray bullet went through the window at that school because of the very tough neighborhood that it is in.

When you talk about the silence of poverty, I have done the home visits, too, so I know what you are saying.

I do not want people to think that somehow the program is being used improperly because, you know, there are too many people like me that would not have had a chance to go college if it was not for that Pell Grant.

I want to make sure we have got clarity here, because as I understand it, it is not like the money is a loss to the government.

What is happening is the public school system is left then with more children that have higher costs.

I just find it an unfortunate set of priorities sometimes that government has dealing with these issues.

You mentioned there are a lot of areas that we clearly need to make changes on. There are areas of concern around labor rights, environmental rights, consumer protections, the ISDS provisions, and other things. Why not simply amend the…

This is my second term in Congress. You have been here a little longer. One of the questions I have is when I was elected 4 years ago I remember New Year's Eve when you were all voting during a lameduck session on things. Tell me more…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 104 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I don't have any other speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I think it would be a mistake to assume that the general perspective of nonprofits and higher ed is represented on this panel today.

So, at four states we have the opportunity to give people a wage increase who work for your organization for a really small amount of money.