Thomas E. Petri

This is not a window or a skylight. This is a technology that gathers the light through a lens, moves it through a light pipe, which then a fiber optical cable moves electrical light around the building. So it goes from the first floor…

I am concerned that some of the regulations being written to implement the Affordable Care Act... could jeopardize consumer access to these types of plans.

Concern is that this health plan fee will be disproportionately harmful to these plans because they are smaller and may be less able to absorb these additional costs.

I just don't know that we may be correcting a problem that doesn't exist.

I thank my colleague from California for yielding. I support House Resolution 562, which recognizes the importance of preserving the oral histories of current and former Representatives' personal experiences regarding the historic Selma to…

I am prepared to close after you finish, yes. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as remains to my colleague from Minneapolis, Mr. Ellison, who faced firsthand the tragedy of what happens when a bridge collapses. As I pointed…

I have reserved, I think, 30 seconds. Ms. McCOLLUM. I have one other speaker, then, after Mrs. Bachmann. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Minnesota.

One, who is before us. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has one. Ms. McCOLLUM. And are you closing or is Representative Bachmann closing?

At this time, I would like to yield 4 minutes to Representative Bachmann from the neighboring State of Minnesota, a strong proponent of the legislation before us. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, as Representative Bachmann approaches the well…

I would remind the gentleman that we have come together. The legislation before us, S. 1134, passed the United States Senate by unanimous consent. It has a few people who seem to have raised some concerns here, but the fact of the matter…

The passage of this bill, which was adopted by the Senate earlier this year by unanimous consent, will remove the last remaining roadblock to construction of a new bridge over the St. Croix River, a bridge that has been identified for…

This bill has bipartisan support. Other things being equal, I think we tend to listen to the Representative in whose district the project would exist. This project is in the district of my colleague, Ron Kind, from the State of Wisconsin…

In delight of the bipartisan support for the measure before us, I yield 1 minute to my colleague from Wisconsin, Representative Baldwin.

I think we recognize that there is an inseparable link between a high-quality education system and a growing, robust economy.

We strongly urge that the Federal Communications Commission rescind waivers that keep this cloud over us on this important topic until further research can be done.

The continued integrity of the Global Positioning System is critically important to the millions of customers who we fly every day, as well as to the tens of millions of other people in our country who rely on it.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I would be remiss to see the discussion of this conference report conclude without expressing my admiration and appreciation of the service of our colleague, Jerry Costello, for whom I suspect this may be…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. As are you and our other colleagues, I am happy to see this process coming to a conclusion. The successful conference report that we're debating today domonstrates our ability to take on…

I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, our colleague from the State of Florida, John Mica.

I yield such time as he may consume to our colleague from Texas, Representative Farenthold.

I would like to include in the Congressional Record an exchange of letters between the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure concerning H.R. 3800. I am pleased to report that we are currently in…

I thank my colleague for offering the amendment, and I rise in support of it. Mr. Chair, this amendment recognizes the unique and special character of historic ships and would keep in place the current EPA vessel discharge program for…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would remind the two previous speakers from Massachusetts and California that we're not in any way talking about EU passing laws governing the behavior of our planes or anyone else…

I thank my chairman. I rise in support of the bill before us, H.R. 2887, the Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011. House and Senate negotiators have worked for the last 5 months to resolve the issues between the…

I inadvertently did not vote on the Carney amendment to H.R. 1892. I would have voted for adoption of the amendment.