Mark Pocan

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.

I think the public expects--if you read the mission, it is to make sure you are saving lives.

I know it was mentioned we feel like we are back to the 1930s. I was thinking more a little before that, the turn of a century, when workers had absolutely no rights and we did not record these sort of things, and there was no recognition…

I am just really glad we have a small business owner.

They did. No problem, thank you. I will reclaim my time.

I would like to thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her advocacy for every child in the District of Columbia. Mr. Speaker, last year we passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a good bill, but instead of figuring out how to fund this…

What is going to be disclosed on this form?

Union busting is a field populated by bullies and built on deceit.

I come from Wisconsin, where recently we passed a law that made it harder for people to collectively bargain.

I guess I come to this from a little bit of an interesting perspective because I have a small union printing business, and about weekly, I get one of these mailers.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this week represents another missed opportunity for Congress to take action on the challenges facing the American people. I understand that we are at this point because the majority can't…

I value my employees far more than I value my equipment.

I just want to make sure we are keeping the focus on mental health as we do this...

If they were there because they had cancer, people would be in the streets.

I was so very wrong, so very wrong.

I think it would have ripple effects throughout the economy, to businesses, to how we borrow, to everything else.

There is a reason why there is a 15 percent approval rating on Congress and they prefer traffic jams and zombies and head lice to us, right?

It really means to pay the bills you have already incurred.

The bottom line is we just have to pay all of our bills.

The Federal deficit has declined under President Obama by two-thirds since he came into office.

I think we can find bipartisan consensus on what you said at the beginning, that Wisconsin is the greatest State.

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. 11 Offered by Mr. Murphy of Florida The Acting…

First let me say I am not going to impugn anyone's motives why it was introduced. My problems are with the implementation of the law. If you would like to, with my office, sign a letter to repeal the 1906 string bean width regulation, I am…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 29, line 21, insert after ``Code'' the following: ``, except for a special rule''. Page 29, insert…

We were told just a couple of months ago on the floor of this Congress that there is a new day in Congress. Well, it doesn't feel like a new day. It feels a lot like Groundhog Day. I feel like Bill Murray from that early 1990s movie. I…