I once again express my support for House Resolution 1058, which honors the 10th anniversary of Sojourn to the Past, to help young Americans understand the importance and the history of the very recent civil rights movement in this…

I request 5 legislative days during which Members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on House Resolution 1504 into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado…

Madam President, I am pleased to be on the floor this afternoon to join the Senator from Louisiana, who has been such a champion for small business in America, to join my colleagues from the State of Washington who were here earlier, to…

I would like to begin by thanking the Senator who is chair of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee for her leadership and her work to put together, with Senator LeMieux, this $30 billion small business lending fund. I know the…

This administration must find its voice on human rights. On April 21 the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof authored a piece that closed with the following words: ``If President Obama is ever going to find his voice on Sudan, it had…

I thank the gentleman. And with that, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Mr. President, today, hopefully, we will finally extend unemployment insurance to those who can't find a job in this difficult economic climate. Our next task is to help small employers and entrepreneurs grow their businesses and hire new…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. American Jobs Act

Mr. President, I am pleased, though frustrated, like my colleagues, to be here this morning on the floor to talk about the critical need to extend unemployment insurance. Across the Nation, there are almost 15 million Americans who are out…

This is a difficult time in the life of our Nation. The American people are focused on jobs. But given the recent political rhetoric from the White House and what we just heard about letting tax cuts expire, one thing is clear: Democrats…

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the founding of Social Security, it's a time to reflect on the generations and the hundreds of millions of Americans who through good times and bad counted on Social Security to be there to have…

One thing good about our country, we always go forward, not backwards. And we are not going to go backwards to allow the privatization of Social Security. We are not going to go backwards to allow the removal of important protections…

There are hundreds of thousands of children in our country, cheerleaders on a high school cheerleading squad, members of the high school football team, students who work hard and play by the rules, get ready for college, and yet they are…

It should be common sense that with the limited dollars we have in law enforcement, diverting those law enforcement resources to hunt down immigrants detracts from our efforts to combat violent crime. However, believe it or not, some…

Madam President, I thank the chairman for those kind remarks. It is a good feeling for all of us who have labored on this legislation--Members and staff--that we are finally coming to a successful conclusion on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…

I also understand that the intent of this section is not to create any inference that minimum capital requirements are the appropriate standard or safeguard for the council to recommend to be applied to any nonbank financial company that…

In the worst economy in a quarter of a century, American families are hurting. Businesses are struggling in the city and on the farm. And that's obvious to almost everyone in this country, except the Obama administration. Remarkably…

Madam President, I am pleased to join my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Chris Dodd, and be here on the floor this afternoon to talk about the financial regulatory reform bill that is pending. Before I begin my remarks, I wish to…