ms. sutton. thank you so very much for the opportunity to be on the floor with you and to talk about making it in america, rebuilding the american middle class. we can do it. s that great country. ms. sutton: i thank the gentleman, i thank you for laying it out in simple terms. the fact of the matter is we can invest in america. we can put people back to work. we do have a long-term deficit we're going to deal with but the biggest deficit we have right now is a deficit of scrobs. and -- of jobs. we have no deficit of work. there's much to be done and we've got a lot of people trying to do it, wanting the chance to do it. we could -- we could build our infrastructure and when we do we can do it with american iron, steel and manufactured goods. mr. garamendi: and the president's proposal, $50 billion. ms. sutton: the president's proposal, to put people back to work. we can't get rid of the long-term deficit unless people go back to work. this is a great country that we have the privilege of serving

ms. sutton, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the energy brotherhood of electrical workers in opposition to the free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: madam speaker, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. critz, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. critz: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the international long shore and warehouse union in opposition to the korea free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from maine has 30 seconds remaining. mr. michaud: i yield back 0 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for eight minutes. mr. levin: this is an important discussion and i want to be c

ms. sutton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. sutton: thank you. madam speaker, the republican majority is at it again. with no real jobs plan we've seen this majority attempt to thrust on the american people bills that strip them of their rights instead of putting them back to work. make no mistake, those propoping this know this extreme -- proposing this know this extreme bill will not be passed by the senate or passed into law by the president. this is an attack on women, especially poor women. it's extreme -- its extreme provisions will jeopardize a woman's access to life-saving care. it is outrageous that this republican majority continues to focus on protecting subsidies for big oil and tax cuts for billionaires and targeting women and their access to health care. instead of working to help create jobs and empower women, to improve their lives, the republican majority is instead trying to pass this bill to allow hospitals to refuse to provide critical life-saving care. that means for women in rural areas that may only have a

ms. sutton, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the energy brotherhood of electrical workers in opposition to the free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: madam speaker, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. critz, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. critz: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the international long shore and warehouse union in opposition to the korea free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from maine has 30 seconds remaining. mr. michaud: i yield back 0 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for eight minutes. mr. levin: this is an important discussion and i want to be c

ms. sutton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized for three minutes. ms. sutton: i rise today in opposition to all of the raw trade deals coming to the floor tomorrow, because our families cannot afford the loss of any more jobs. base odd a myth that there is some sort of world free market, they call these deals free trade agreements. but madam speaker, there i nothing free about them. these nafta-type deals are not free to our workers who will lose their joobs, not free for our communities as factories are boarded up and more careers are boarded up and shipped overseas as some of our multinational corporations with no allegiance search the world over for the lowest wages to be found. low wages paid to workers in other countries, like low wages here, will not empower people to buy our products. enough is enough, madam speaker. some of the same people here on the floor claiming these deals level the playing field for american manufacturers and jobs supported nafta, too. and how has thanking worked for us? since nafta was signed according to the bureau of lab

ms. sutton for inviting us and i returned to my friend from washington mr. larsen if he might want to make. stomachs before mr. sherman. i appreciate the opportunity to make a brief opening statement. but also, again, to thank you for your leadership on this panel. the panel was tasked with looking at ways the department can improve its contracting practices to the benefit of the war fighters from taxpayers and businesses to read the d.o.t. must continue its efforts of building a strategic and dynamic contracting process one that ensures those of we have great products do not go by the wayside. the component of the process is ensuring that we put it to grow the nation's defense industrial base. u.s. defense base has a long history of producing the best military systems in the world. we must ensure that this continues for the war fighter and because it creates jobs here in the u.s.. in august the chairman and i heard from several businesses in my own district about success and challenges that they have had with the dod of the contract in. and all of these imp