Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is a big day for the women of this country. The United States Supreme Court will hear argument in a case called Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius. The Affordable Care Act mandates that employer-provided health care cover all…

People in my district are smart. They know it is a problem that the Federal Government spends significantly more than it takes in.

relying on taxes alone to hold long-term deficits at 3 percent of GDP would require phasing in a 60 percent tax increase on median-income families.

the top corporate income tax rate, which by the way is the highest in the world right now, would also have to increase from 35 percent to 88 percent.

the tax rate for the lowest tax bracket would have to be increased from 10 percent to 25 percent.

the tax rate on incomes in the current 25 percent bracket would have to be increased to 63 percent.

We cannot create that job creation and growth if we are in a debt crisis that automatically imposes austerity on the American people.

the tax rate of the highest bracket would have to be raised from 35 percent to 88 percent.

Like you, I reject the premise that concern about the debt is fading.

we certainly appreciate your continued focus on the EM program.

In Bridgeport, CT, we had epidemic levels of school-based arrests... school-based arrests plummeted by 50 percent.

For a lot of the underperforming schools in my State, the foundational issue is kids' behavior before you get to kids' learning.

Madam President, I rise today to support the Ukraine assistance package, which will be on the floor for a vote later this evening. I want to thank the leadership of Senator Menendez and all the great work Senator Corker has put into this…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled…

Mr. Speaker, in my district in Pennsylvania, the Newtown bypass will be renamed, on April 22, the Brian S. Gregg Memorial Highway, in honor of a Newtown Borough police officer who lost his life in the line of duty on September 29, 2005…

the statements that have been made by the President of Afghanistan have been outrageous and inappropriate.

Thank you to my colleagues for being here today. Madam Speaker, on June 17, 2013, decorated Army Sergeant William Moody of Burleson, Texas, while he was serving his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, sent an email to the local fire chief…

Thank you for holding this hearing today and thank you to the panelists for being a part of the conversation.