Mr. Speaker, just as the storied competition between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox works to improve both teams, so does school choice and empowering families to choose the public school that best fits their kids to improve…

Thank you, Representative Schneider. Your efforts for this body, leading the House Democrats on that discharge position--we didn't know today the Senate was going to come up with something that may pass and may be able to get through this…

Thank you so much, Representative Kaptur, again for your history of support not only for working families across Ohio. I know we are going to talk more about trade in this body. Thank you for sharing that information. With that, I am going…

Thank you so much, Representative Jeffries, for your always eloquent fight on behalf of the working people across the State of New York and the need for the benefits. I am glad you debunked some of the myths that are out there because I…

Thank you so much. You deserve a lot of credit for hitting the ground running in Congress. Thank you so much for representing the people of Massachusetts so very ably and defending the unemployment benefits that we need to extend. This is…

I would now like to yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark), one of the newest Members of the House.

Thank you, Representative Huffman, for all the work on behalf of your constituents in northern California. I appreciate your words and sharing the story of your constituent. Again, 72,000 people every single week will lose benefits until…

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be here on behalf of the Progressive Caucus today for the Progressive Caucus Special Order hour. We want to talk about the need to extend unemployment benefits in this country. Since the end of December, millions…

Thank you, Representative Bonamici. I am sorry to hear about your constituent losing housing. For the State of the Union in this very Chamber, I brought a constituent of mine who had lost their benefits. Rather than be foreclosed on, they…

I think that is--that very quickly tramples the First Amendment rights of our certainly our airmen

Mr. Speaker, last night, I held a telephone town hall and called almost 60,000 homes back in Texas. I heard from southeast Texans about a lot of things that were on their minds, but the number one concern I heard about was cuts to the…

The People's Republic of China, as we all know, is a dictatorship. It is a gulag state.

What are the consequences for the U.S. security if Taiwan were to come under PRC control?

Shouldn't we have a 'one China, one Taiwan' policy?

I thank the Senator from Louisiana, who has been the sparkplug behind this bill. As a result of her hard work, there are a lot of people in Florida who will be saved unconscionable increases. Again, my thanks to the Senator from Louisiana.

I agree with many of the commission's findings including its findings that there are certain core capabilities better suited for the Guard and Reserves such as missions in cyber, ISR, in space mission support.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to discuss the issue of Medicare and Medicare reimbursement payments to doctors who provide health care for our seniors. Currently, the reimbursement formula for our doctors who provide these services is one that…

This year the National Commission of the Structure of the Air Force released their findings, of their 2-year extensive look at Air Force--at force structure in the United States Air Force.