Mr. Speaker, last week marked 1 month since Leopoldo Lopez was unjustly arrested in Venezuela for his role in demonstrations against the ineptitude of the Venezuelan Government. Mr. Lopez is one of the best-known prisoners in Venezuela…

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here. And sit here and I know Americans are scratching their heads that we are trying to balance between promises we made to veterans and equipping and training our men and women in uniform.

You have a great deal of turnover--it is a possibility for a great deal of turnover?

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank Congressman Jeffries and Horsford for organizing this Special Order hour to celebrate Women's History Month. Throughout the month of March, we highlight the important role women have…

I thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank you all for being here today. Thank you for your testimony.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert). I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler) for your leadership in bringing to light an incredibly important issue that is going to be debated right across the street…

Child care is a very important issue in this country for working people, in particular especially for poor working parents.

Thank you to the gentlelady from California. Thank you for that great historical overview and perspective and for bringing those profound remarks to the floor this evening. I would also like to yield to a dynamic colleague. We have had the…

I thank the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus for your dynamic leadership as the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. It has been my honor to serve with you this legislative Congressional session and look forward to the many…

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio, Representative Joyce Beatty, for those illuminating topics that were covered, and for highlighting all the various ways, both historically and currently, that women make a huge impact in our society, in…

I thank the gentleman from New York. Thank you for that very insightful background on your district and the leadership of the district. It speaks to why there is so much impact that comes from Representatives from your district and the…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on the subject of our Special Order hour. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

I thank the gentleman, my coanchor, for joining me this hour. Mr. Speaker, as we come to a close, to just highlight some of the major reasons why the Congressional Black Caucus along with the House Democrats believe that, if we are really…

Mr. Speaker, this month is Women's History Month, and the Congressional Black Caucus is pleased to come during this Special Order hour to bring attention to the important issues that particularly face women this month, but we shouldn't be…

Mr. Speaker, this is the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday marks the 4-year anniversary of when it was signed into law. We all knew, at least on the Republican side of this House, how this thing was troubled when it was passed 4 years ago…

The math isn't adding up.

I have seen some projections that anywhere from a 6 percent to an 8 percent growth rate would need to happen here in the United States for us to take care of what our spending problem has created.

What I am concerned about is when we are using $230 billion, $240 billion to service our long-term debt, how long before we see interest rates go up.