What do we say to the mother and father, the wife of the last soldier or marine killed to support a corrupt government and a corrupt leader in a war that cannot be won?

there should be no further cuts in our military defense.

I believe that global nuclear disarmament is necessary if our country and our species are to survive and flourish.

I am very concerned with the drawdown, the Army below 520,000, the Marines below 186,600, that that puts us at risk.

if you could state further--I can't hear enough because I do know firsthand of the extraordinary success, like the 218th Brigade in South Carolina of their service in Afghanistan.

Madam Speaker, last week, House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline of Minnesota introduced the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. This act is a direct response to the National Labor Relations Board's recent reckless…

The administration should be focused on helping Congress to pass this much-overdue legislation.

I'm very, very concerned about Iran's influence in the Western Hemisphere, the fact that they've opened six Embassies in South America over the last 5 years.

I'm very surprised, though, that Quds Force, an Iranian-sponsored group, would decide to carry out an attack on another nation, to assassinate an Ambassador in the United States of America.

politics is in everything. You can't--you can try to avoid it. You can run from it, but it is in almost everything.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, beginning on line 20, strike paragraph (1) and insert the following paragraphs (and…

If my friend could yield one more second, I would just say to you, if your bill simply had a 5-year compliance deadline and the Clean Air Act said 3 years with the possibility of an extension, I think you would have something that many of…

I would say to my friend--and this is my good friend--I'm with you all the way right till the very end. The one concern that we have is you say that the compliance date can't be any less than 5 years. If you would have just said that…

Mr. Chairman, we've been debating this bill, H.R. 2250, for several months now in the Energy and Commerce Committee. And as we've heard from the bill's supporters, the bill is intended to address the Boiler MACT rule that was proposed by…

I rise in support of moving forward on this legislation. I wish I could fix the Senate. It is not functioning the way any of us wishes--plenty of blame to go around. The Congress's approval rating is at 15 percent. But here is some good…

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, a native of Dillon, South Carolina, testified before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. He sadly stated that economic indicators point toward a ``sluggish job growth''…

Our debt is unsustainable.

And to any high school student out there, I think it should be.