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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…
This comes, by the way, on the heels, in this session of Congress, of the passage of a major tax cut last year that will add over $2 trillion to our national debt over the next 10 years because, again, there was no attempt to pay for it…
I thank my friend and colleague from Oregon for yielding me this time. I agree with my colleague. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this legislation, not because of the policy initiatives underlying these bills, but because of how…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment. I thank her for her leadership on this issue. This amendment is long overdue. The sugar program that currently exists has distorted the marketplace for…
I thank my friend for yielding. I rise in opposition to the rule and to the underlying bill because it is a missed opportunity. I had offered numerous, fiscally responsible reform amendments to improve the bill, all of which were rejected…
Even with that introduction, I thank my very good friend and colleague from Colorado for holding this Special Order. I am honored actually to be on the House floor with so many of my esteemed colleagues, who have taken a back seat to no…
I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding to me at this time. Mr. Speaker, this is truly embarrassing. I don't even think ``Saturday Night Live'' could come up with a skit of this nature. Here we are today debating a constitutional…
Our trade agenda is seriously off the rails, and it needs to get back on track quickly, or we are going to be suffering economically as a consequence.
I think we are all in agreement that they are stealing our intellectual property, they are requiring technology transfers, they are requiring joint ventures that place our companies in a minority position, they are dumping steel below…
We do need friends and allies around the globe. We need to be a leader in developing a rules-based global trading system.
I am not convinced that China, when they are mis-practicing trade and not abiding by the rules, is only doing that to discriminate against U.S. interests or U.S. companies.
I couldn't think of Vladimir Putin having a better straw man occupying the Oval Office.
With respect to the stuff you are talking about on trade, yes, we're worried about retaliation, and, yes, we don't want to go it alone.
I come to a very fearful conclusion that the President of Russia owns the President of the United States.
By isolating us and by demonizing many of our friends and allies... makes our trade agenda that much more complicated.
What troubles me, perhaps, more than anything today, is this love affair that our President seems to have with Vladimir Putin.
I think the whole approach to that was ill-considered. It was chaotic. It was confusing.
I haven't met anyone yet who thinks we are going to be able to deal with this through the criminal justice system.
If we are going to borrow $2 trillion from China over the next 10 years, it better be for a very good reason. And lavishing huge tax breaks to multinational corporations and to the most wealthy amongst us is not a good reason. I am very…
Of all the policy changes that are being recommended in this legislation before us today, the one that scares me the most is the repeal of the so-called Johnson amendment. The Johnson amendment basically says: If you are a religious…
When I go to my church, South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, Sunday mornings with my family in rural western Wisconsin by our family farm, I view that place as a sanctuary for my soul; a place for us to congregate, to commune, to spend time…
I appreciate the remarks of my friend from Chicago. He represents a large urban district. I represent a large rural district in Wisconsin. He may be a Bears fan, and I might be a Packers fan, but one thing we agree on is this a bill of…
I think my good friend and colleague from California is raising a very important point, and it is a point that all of us here this evening on the Ways and Means Committee, with the leadership of Mr. Neal from Massachusetts, have been…
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