Steven Holt

I would like to add to his economic numbers the fiscal fact that this does not appropriate any funds. We are just reauthorizing existing legislation and extending it. I thank the gentleman.

I thank the ranking member, my friend from California, and I rise in opposition to the SKILLS Act. Workforce investment has an important role in Congress, and it could and should be done in a bipartisan way. The government has a role to…

I thank my friend from Colorado, and I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill of the so-called SKILLS Act. Fifteen years ago, before I was in Congress, I watched with great interest as Congress, House and Senate, Democrat…

I am pleased to be support this very good bill. I only wish it had been allowed on the House floor a year ago for a vote. For the first time in years, the Congress is poised to pass a VAWA reauthorization that is worthy of the name…

40 years ago today the Supreme Court affirmed the dignity and independence of each American woman. The result of the decision was an understanding that our Constitution guaranteed decisions about a woman's own body should be left up to…

This misguided amendment by the gentleman from Georgia would strike funding for the National Weather Service's ground readiness program. Now, the ground readiness program means that weather satellite signals can be collected on the ground…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey, Chairman Frelinghuysen, for yielding but also for putting together a very thoughtful amendment. A lot of thought has gone into this amendment. It is compassionate, yes, but it is thoughtful compassion…

``No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased…

I thank my friend from the District, and I commend the work of my colleagues on this bill. It has some good features and should help smooth the way for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. The delay in getting this bill and, more importantly…

Well, you've heard it. Our constituents' lives were devastated by the Sandy disaster. It has now been about 9 weeks since Hurricane Sandy brought the winds and the tidal surges. In central New Jersey and Connecticut, in New York, people…

As the Congress lurches from self-imposed crisis to self-imposed crisis, it is easy to understand why members of the public shake their heads in disgust at the inability of the government to do the important work of America to help…

E pluribus unum: one out of many. We help each other. We always have. My district and many around were badly affected by one of the largest storms, by one of the most expensive storms, by one of the worst storms in history. There are…