I really appreciate the work that you and your Department are doing to ensure that Americans savings for retirement are able to receive investment advice that is in their best interest.

I just really appreciate the openness, again. I think, you know, every time you have come to this committee you have been one of the most open folks that I have dealt with in my two-1/2 years here.

I guess my question is, are you looking for a legislative fix to all of these areas?

So let me try to follow up on Mr. Salmon and Mr. Polis' question.

But if understand it right, local governments aren't under some of the same things that you are under and some of these other laws.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I grew up in an auto town, where almost everyone had a family member who worked in the industry, but today there are no cars made there anymore. To me, trade deals should be…

I would argue that we should be talking about right to freeload, rather than right-to-work laws.

I hate to see the Federal Government get in front of the line to race to the bottom when it comes to this.

Mr. Speaker, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is the biggest trade deal our country has seen since NAFTA. With 12 participating countries, it encompasses 40 percent of the world's gross domestic product, so we have to get it…

Mr. Chair, I thank Subcommittee Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for all of their work on this bill. This amendment is a simple amendment to make sure that Members of Congress have access to inspector general reports, should they…

Mr. Chairman, hopefully, the second time is the charm. This is an amendment on behalf of myself, Representative Ellison, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This amendment would bar taxpayer dollars from going to companies that have…