
The Arab Spring has been rightly celebrated throughout the world as a beginning of a new day throughout much of the Middle East.
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The Arab Spring has been rightly celebrated throughout the world as a beginning of a new day throughout much of the Middle East.

Are you concerned that these kinds of boycotts may dissuade some U.S. companies from continuing to supply these weapons to the Department of Defense?

Mr. Speaker, I have prepared remarks today, but I want to talk about Yucca Mountain. We've heard a lot of talk this week about the Presidential candidates and Yucca Mountain. America needs to realize that South Carolina, on the Savannah…

I am concerned and I hope my colleagues are concerned that we could be facing another Iran.

Sharia law is something that is anathema to most Americans.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Thank you for being here today.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Randy Hultgren.

I would just encourage my friends on the left who want to raise taxes, raise taxes if you can, but the bottom line is that raising revenues does not make you more responsible, does not make you use the revenues that you currently have more…

House Resolution 448 provides for a closed rule for the consideration of H.R. 674, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 448 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 448 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it…

Mr. Speaker, it's odd that as the American people continue to watch Congress asking for a bipartisan approach to what we do here, it's very odd for us to find ourselves in that position today saying to the American people, we are finally…

Mr. Speaker, one of the things that is so important for us to recognize is the importance of living within our means and allowing our ability to control our spending to dictate what we are able to use, as opposed to having more tax…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Mike Fitzpatrick.

Mr. Speaker, we find ourselves at a place where we should have been at for many, many months, and that is working in a bipartisan way to save American jobs. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing that we have this opportunity to have the President's…

Mr. Speaker, Milt and Suzy Smith from Spartanburg, South Carolina, are parents to three wonderful sons. Doug Smith is a former speaker pro tem of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Stuart Smith has a brilliant real estate mind…

Mr. Speaker, America was founded on the principle that everyone should get a shot at the American Dream. But with so much unemployment, so many mortgages underwater, so many people struggling just to get by, it's not surprising that half…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my support of this bill. I'm happy to support legislation that would designate a commemorative coin for the Baseball Hall of Fame. I want to thank my friend and colleague, Richard Hanna, for introducing…

And more jobs in Alberta, more jobs in America.