Ending after december 31, 2013. Pretty clear, shall apply. Straightforward. The Effective Date for the employer mandate section 1514 of the law, Effective Date, the amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after december 31, 2013. It really does seem straightforward. There is no ambiguity there. I would just ask the question, is there a list of laws that must be followed and those that may or may not be followed depending upon whatever the will of the president is that day. I would remind my colleagues, the words of Abraham Lincoln the best way to end a bad law is to enforce it strictly. We should do the same. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. The gentlelady from new york. Ms. Slaughter may i inquire how much time i have . The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady has 3 1 2 minutes remaining. 1 2 minutes to mr. Clyburn. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Clyburn i thank the gentlelady for yielding me t
Wed be doing great. Is if congressme had the same priorities that or did, that if they felt the same sense of urgency about the cost of college for increases in the minimum wage or how to make child care more affordable, if were thinkingey could have a lot more families. A lot more people would be getting ahead the economy would be doing better. We could help a lot more families and we should. We should be relentlessly focused on what i call an opportunity agenda. Of the great jobs, whats always made our economy strong. Sure that were on the cutting end when it comes to clean energy. Making sure that were rebuilding our infrastructure, our roads, bridges, our ports, our airports. That advance manufacturing is happening here in the United States so we can jobs back. Acturing research and science. That leads to new american industries. Training our workers. Trainingking a job program and using our Community Colleges in ways that allow to constantly retrain for the new opportunity that ar
And then in their conclusion, they say that the u. S. Has been under investing in our Transportation Systems far too long. The impact is being felt in every state and town. With the interstate system beyond capacity and design life, this underinvestment is costing u. S. Businesses and individuals time and money. I think this is very important, so well put those in the record and get started with you, doctor. We are just about finished with those, but go right ahead. A little bit busy on the floor this morning, so i apologize. This is wha when i really do wao give my Opening Statement in. We have an area where senator boxer and i agree closely. I want to make sure Everybody Knows it. And so i do thank you, and the panelists, for taking time to be here as well. Its no secret im one of the strongest advocates of the strong, robust investment of our nations Transportation System. I think a lot of people dont understand, a lot of my conservative friends, the conservative position is to have
America became a shining symbol of freedom a prosperity to the world. Today, we must ensure that america retains that lust ter. Everyone arrives here from different walks of life. Some are lawyers, some are Business Leaders and yes, well, at least one of us is a reindear rancher. I recognize we have different viewpoints and i have joined congress during a contentious time. I do think, however, there is one thing on which we should all agree, the job of a member of congress is to protect the rights of the people, not take them away. The National Debt is approaching 17 trillion. The decisions we make in this chamber, not only affect us today, they resonate throughout future generations. The massive National Debt we are accruing will leave to our children a weaker nation than the one we inherited from our parents. Those yet to be born do not have a voice today. They dont have representation. But we must remember what we do here resonates for generations to come. Our moment to preserve our
Out denied that candidate trump and his campaign were wiretapped. Others disagree with that. Then current fbi director james comey asked to reject the wiretapping claim altogether. The white house stood by what the president said. A democrat, he represents connecticut, most significantly he is on the health house intee committee. He has been highly skeptical of the president s claims. Let us get right to the nub of it. Write to the president allegations about the Intelligence Community. You have knowledge does the u. S. Intelligence community have any information or communications in trump tower . I suspect it if i did i probably cannot talk about it on television. One thing is for sure though, the nub of it is if they do, it would have been pursuant to a warrant issued by a judge, not by the command of president obama. As you know, that kind of surveillance happens only when somebody presents probable cause of a crime or of a foreign power at work and been a judge says okay, do it. Tu