Madam Speaker, last Friday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced November's unemployment rate remained above 8 percent. Over 13 million American families are now without jobs. Nearly 25 million people are looking for full-time…

Madam Speaker, the last time the Republicans controlled the House back in 2006, a newspaper columnist called it ``the Seinfeld Congress,'' because like Seinfeld, which was a show about nothing, the 109th Congress was a Congress about…

Well, Mr. Attorney General, it contained material demonstrably false statements. Agreed?

Mr. Speaker, I would again thank our colleagues Ms. Norton and Mr. Cummings, and I urge Members to support the passage of H.R. 3237. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Earlier this year, this body debated and ultimately approved legislation authorizing scholarships to give needy District of Columbia students the opportunity to leave their public…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3237) to amend the SOAR Act by clarifying the scope of coverage of the Act, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3237 Be…

I look forward to today's hearing and hearing from our witnesses and hopefully flushing out ideas for eliminating the amount of tax dollars that are being wasted through the Medicaid program.

This is wholly unacceptable. And this is why people have lost trust in the institutions of government.

Why the reluctance to say which States can't get their act together with respect to Medicaid payments?

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2297) to promote the development of the Southwest waterfront in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Although the United States Constitution gives Congress exclusive legislative authority over the Federal District, in 1973 we granted the District of Columbia some significant autonomy…

Mr. Speaker, I would once again thank our colleague Ms. Holmes Norton and Ranking Member Cummings. Mr. Davis, the ranking member of the subcommittee, as my colleague so aptly pointed out, also deserves credit. With that, I would urge all…

Mr. Speaker, today the House will begin consideration of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011, also referred to as the REINS Act. This bill will require Congress to approve any Federal regulation that will…

Mr. Speaker, last Friday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its November jobs report citing the gruesome unemployment rate of 8.6 percent. This revelation marks the 34th straight month where the Nation's unemployment rate has…

Mr. Speaker, for the past 2\1/2\ years, our Nation's unemployment rate has risen over 8 percent. The President continually develops policies that discourage and prohibit small businesses from creating jobs. Just last month, the…

If anybody wishes to speak, speak now. All time is yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on amendment No. 1126 offered by the Senator from California.