Mar 8, 2023
Members of both parties, including Vice Chair Murkowski, Senator Cortez Masto, Representative Ron Kind, and the late Representative Don Young all introduced legislation.
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by number of sources- I thank my good friend and colleague from the committee for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, many of us have been rising throughout the course of the debate today talking about the merits of the three pending trade agreements before us and why it's important for us to move forward on them, the reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers, greater market access to the goods, product services that are being made right here in America, a system of rules that all countries have to abide by that are parties to this agreement, according to international labor and environmental standards included in the body of the agreement, fully enforceable with any other provision, protection of intellectual property rights, and on and on and on. That's why I'm supportive of the three bilateral agreements before us. But to be honest with the American people, and as long as trade remains a two-way street, there will be adverse impacts of trade on companies and workers here in America. When that occurs, then the workers of that business should not just be left on their own. That's why the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance is important today, to move forward hand-in-hand with those trade agreements so those workers will have an opportunity to upgrade their skills, to go to school, to have a better match in the job market and find placement as quickly as possible.…2 sources2011govinfo.gov
- I thank my friend from Ohio for yielding me this time. I thought his summary was very accurate on what our amendment would do. What Mr. Gibbs didn't point out, though, is this would also save $12 billion over 10 years by a more fiscally responsible approach, one that we feel is market-based, and one that we think is economically feasible, one that also maintains an important safety net for farmers if commodity prices do drop. But, listen, the supporters of the Price Loss Coverage program, as currently drafted, will claim the program is necessary to ensure farmers have a safety net for when the market collapses. But, instead, the program in the FARRM Bill before us sets target prices so high that some commodities are guaranteed an 8 percent profit. We don't guarantee any other business in the country that type of a profit margin other than crop insurance companies that are guaranteed a 14 percent profit under this bill. By setting the target prices for programs at this historically high level, it will all but ensure a much higher likelihood of government payouts in the future. In fact, implementation of the Price Loss Coverage program will already require government payouts for the five top commodity crops. Rice alone would pay out $14 per hundred while the current price is at $10.50 today.…2 sources2013govinfo.gov
- With all due respect to the chairman of the committee--and I do respect him, and he is a friend of mine--he knows as well as anyone that there is a big difference between permanency in the Tax Code and short-term measures to give us some time in order to find out what the appropriate permanent solution will be. That is, really, what we ought to be doing right now, is trying to find that permanent solution once and for all, but in a fiscally responsible manner. That is how we should be approaching this. Again, to the chairman's credit, the discussion draft he just released a few weeks ago calls for offsets to the Revenue Code in order to do comprehensive reform, so he belies his own argument from just a minute ago that tax cuts shouldn't be met with corresponding offsets. I mean, if that is true, then what have we been doing for the last 3 years in trying to do comprehensive reform while still paying for it, so we are not blowing a hole in future budget deficits?2 sources2014govinfo.gov
- providing affordable Medicare prescription drug coverage for our Nation's seniors is one of the most pressing issues facing our country today. Even though the elderly use the most prescriptions, more than 75 percent of seniors on Medicare lack reliable drug coverage. It is time to modernize Medicare to reflect our current health care delivery system. The use of prescription medications is as important today as the use of hospital beds was in 1965 when Medicare was created. I have heard from a number of seniors in western Wisconsin regarding the problems they have paying for prescription drugs. One woman from Deer Park, Wisconsin, a small town in my district, wrote to me and said: My medication is $135.00 per month. Fortunately my husband is not on any medication. If we both were not working part-time, I guess that we would have to make a choice between food and Medication--does one eat to survive or take the medication for a ``long and happy life''? What is to happen to this couple if the husband falls ill and has high drug costs too? Seniors without prescription drug coverage often pay the highest prices for their medication. Pharmaceutical companies negotiate prices with their most favored customers, such as HMOs, but seniors without drug coverage do not benefit from these negotiations. Not only do my seniors face price discrimination in their hometowns, but also they can go to Canada and get the same medicine for a substantially cheaper price.2 sources2002govinfo.gov
- as the chairman is aware, earlier this year we did have a bipartisan letter of support from over 50 of our colleagues requesting a $20 million appropriation for NYSP. Given the importance of this program to many children throughout the country and the fact that NYSP has successfully leveraged Federal funding to secure substantial matching community investments, we would hope that if the funding is found on the Senate side that the House could be supportive, that the chairman could be supportive of the funding level coming out of the Senate in conference.2 sources2005govinfo.gov
- I rise today to provide my strong support for H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007. Representing Wisconsin's workers in Congress is a privilege I am honored to have. That is why I am an original co-sponsor of H.R. 800, because protecting workers ability to form unions is of the utmost importance for the continued prosperity of our country. Our Nation's economic success depends on the viability of the American workers, but the current Administration's policies have created an unfavorable climate. I fear that if Congress doesn't act to protect employee free choice and change current labor law to discourage unfair labor practices by employers, the legislative victories of the past will be at stake. With the Employee Free Choice Act, which amends the National Labor Relations Act to establish a more efficient system for monitoring labor relations, I see an opportunity for Congress to do just that. Americans have waged countless battles to improve conditions in the workplace and to pave the way for a better life for all working families. Yet today they lack the adequate measures to address workplace inequities and to safeguard against unfair labor practices. The National Labor Relations Act, enacted by Congress in 1935, no longer works to protect the right of workers to form and join unions. But the need to monitor relations between unions and employers is just as important today as it was 72 years ago.2 sources2007govinfo.gov
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Mar 8, 2023
Members of both parties, including Vice Chair Murkowski, Senator Cortez Masto, Representative Ron Kind, and the late Representative Don Young all introduced legislation.
Mar 2, 2023
This bipartisan legislation, endorsed by the National Association of Community Health Centers, would expand patient access to essential physical therapist services.
Mar 2, 2023
This bipartisan legislation, endorsed by the National Association of Community Health Centers, would expand patient access to essential physical therapist services.
Nov 16, 2022
On a lighter note, this will be one of the last opportunities that I will have to address this Chamber as Representative of the people of the Third Congressional District of western and north central Wisconsin. It has truly been the honor…
Sep 13, 2022
As chair of the bipartisan US-UK Caucus and the British-American Parliamentary Working Group, I send to the desk a resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the House, and further ask unanimous consent that it…
Aug 12, 2022
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, as a dear friend of Jackie Walorski, I share in the grief of her passing and her staff's passing. It is very tragic. Madam Speaker, this Inflation Reduction Act is historic legislation. It…
Mar 29, 2022
This has been a great bipartisan effort in committee. Again, I thank the chairman and the ranking member for creating the environment not just with today's legislation, but the previous SECURE Act that we passed roughly 2 years ago, and…
Feb 1, 2022
A deal's a deal; it's not too much to ask that our trading partners live up to their end of the bargain.
Jul 26, 2021
I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I was an original cosponsor with my good friend and colleague, Mr. Steube from Florida, of H.R. 1029, the Free Veterans from Fees Act. H.R. 1029 would waive…
Jan 7, 2020
It doesn't make sense. Without Medicare coverage for needed immunosuppressive drugs, transplant patients risk losing their new kidney.
Sep 27, 2019
I was unable to have my votes recorded on the House floor on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27, 2019 due to a family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of H.R. 3525, H.R. 3722, and S.J. Res. 54…
May 23, 2019
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the SECURE Act. This legislation is meant to address one of the great gaps we have in retirement savings: employees in small businesses, primarily affecting women, minorities…
May 14, 2019
I thank the gentlewoman from California, first of all, for recognizing me tonight but also for securing this Special Order to honor one of our great friends and great colleagues in this institution, Ellen Tauscher. I also thank John…
Mar 26, 2019
Many of us had a problem, not only the lack of incentives for the economic growth that we need as part of this tax cut but the fact that it wasn't paid for, which with interest payments now will explode our debt by $2.3 trillion over the…
Mar 26, 2019
Now, Dr. Gould, I think one of the great threats that we face in regards to future economic growth and just the stability of our society is growing inequality and the growing wage gap that we have in our--does this tax bill help or hurt in…
Mar 26, 2019
Unlike the opposite side who had 68 votes to completely repeal the Affordable Care Act and now this President that is embracing a lawsuit in Texas that will completely repeal the Affordable Care Act and all the patient protections that…
Feb 26, 2019
The longer this trade war with China lasts, the more market share we start losing in China.
Jan 28, 2019
I am so happy to hear such wide, bipartisan support for the need to protect individuals with preexisting conditions.
Dec 12, 2018
We are in an era now of huge budget deficits, yet we are finding an additional $1 billion under the title 1 subsidy programs, primarily by taking it out of the conservation fund by reducing funding under the Conservation Stewardship…
Dec 12, 2018
I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise, first, in opposition to the rule. I think the gentleman from Massachusetts is correct. Here we are in the waning days of this session of Congress, and we…
Nov 29, 2018
I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I am a member of that committee of jurisdiction. I also remember growing up as a kid in Wisconsin, and many of us looked forward to this radio program that Paul…
Sep 27, 2018
I thank my friend from Texas for yielding me this time. I am an original sponsor of the original bill, which became the basis of this bill, the Retirement Enhancement Security Act. Unfortunately, today this bill is not that bill. A lot has…
Sep 27, 2018
I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise reluctantly in opposition to this legislation. I say reluctantly because there are some good, decent provisions that are contained in this legislation. The first…
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