Mark Pocan

In the few weeks we have remaining this session, I hope this Committee and this Congress will focus on the incredibly urgent priorities of the American people: raising the minimum wage; renewing unemployment insurance for the millions who…

Thank you, Representative Jackson Lee, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Thank you, Representative Jeffries. I, too, am skeptical. Having served on the Budget Committee with you, we have seen two different Paul Ryans. We are hoping that maybe this is a reformed Paul Ryan, but we are also fearful this is just a…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio, Representative Ryan, for all you have done in your relentless fight on behalf of the workers in your district, and thank you so much, again, for being here today. Finally, I would like to yield to a…

Again, thank you so much, Representative DeLauro, for your many years of service to this body and to the people of the country and fighting for those who need help the most. I now would like to yield to another colleague of mine, but I am…

Thank you, Representative Takano, for all the work you are doing. Mr. Speaker, next I would like to yield to a colleague of mine from the great State of Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), a great friend of mine going back to the days in the State…

Again, thank you, Representative Lee. I appreciate it. Your final comments about how hard it is to actually be able to eat a block grant, perhaps, is part of the problem of why we don't quite trust what we see in that it will work as…

Representative Lee, if you would yield to one more question since we are talking about the bad math that we all too often see from the other side of the aisle: Didn't we also, during the budget, see some incredibly bad math when it came to…

I again thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal). You have been an outstanding advocate for every single one of your constituents, including the LGBT community, and I can't thank you enough for all of the work you do.

Thank you, Representative Green, not only because you have been a veteran fighter for civil rights for everyone in this country, but I believe that is the first time that that resolution has been introduced in the body of Congress to…

It has actually been good for Oregon. I have about 43,000 constituents in my district who could actually benefit from raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour under the Fair Minimum Wage Act.

I don't see--I would be surprised if the NLRB went to the extent that you are talking about.

I have 59,000 people who would actually benefit from raising the minimum wage to $10.10.

I thank the ranking member and the chairman for including language supporting continued work on lithium ion battery research. However, in reviewing the underlying bill, I am concerned about the possible interpretation by the Office of…

I have been working on a bill with Representative Bishop to introduce the House companion to Senator Gillibrand's bill to allow you to refinance at a lower rate.

I have about 75,000 higher education students in my district, a very large number.

And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your commitment and the President's commitment, not just in good words but in, actually resources in the budget to hopefully have good deeds when it comes to education.

We ranked dead last in disparity between white children and their non-white peers.

A decade ago, we were less than a quarter of that.

Thank you, Mr. Lowenthal, for those wise comments about the word ``discretionary.'' I think, all too often, people don't understand what we mean when we talk about discretionary. Those are hardly discretionary programs.

Thank you very much, Mr. Ellison. I share your concern. I came to Congress as a new Member, thinking that we are going to get some important work done for the country. I remember, in history class, I believe it was the Congress of 1948…

We need to get people into the apprenticeship programs.

I want less people to be on Food Stamps, and most importantly, the people I meet who are working 50 hours and still relying on Food Stamps, they want to be off Food Stamps but they can't because they are not making enough money.

This is a real issue to people in my district growing every single week that we don't take action.

When we don't pay people more, when the minimum wage is as low as it is, we wind up subsidizing as taxpayers