If we have extra money let's keep our word first to the public schools.

I do not support vouchers that take money out of the public school system, first of all because we promised 40 percent of special ed, 1975, and we are funding less than 20 percent of that commitment.

Every day that goes by without a wheelchair or without a prosthetic, shame on us, shame on this country.

In March, I introduced H.R. 4152, the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 which is co-sponsored by every Democratic member of the Subcommittee.

These smaller institutions that support something like this, they struggle to defend themselves against lawsuits.

I introduced the Modernization Act. The legislation implements two recommendations the Special Counsel made for immediate reform.

This would take the Federal Government out of the business of telling State and local government employees such as Mr. Greiner whether they can serve their country by running for elected office.

I don't think I have talked to anybody, either here in Congress or in government, who thinks that it is fair that people cannot serve their local communities just because they are employed by State or local government that receives some…

I don't want to be number two. I don't want to be number three. We are better than that.

I believe that all of you are honorable people simply trying to carry out a business in a very competitive world.

No agency in the Federal Government has a more central role in securing our aviation system than TSA.

I think he used it for fraud. He is working under somebody who is dead.

I believe that the results are being skewed because veterans do not want to go through those multiple pages.

16 pages is not short.

the Republicans' budget, would increase the debt by $5 trillion over 10 years but President Obama's budget, if he gets everything he's asked for, would increase it by $10 trillion, twice the amount, taking us from $15 trillion in the hole…

I would join with you in encouraging that.

The last convoys need to leave Camp Ashraf for Camp Hurriya. Camp Ashraf should be closed.

It would be extremely difficult for the immigration minister of any democracy to admit any person from this camp while the organization is designated by the great United States as a foreign terrorist organization.