I am also grateful for Ranking Member Susan Davis' work she did as chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee to bring attention to the psychological stress in the military.

Mr. Speaker, House Republicans today are seeking to empower parents through the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act. Charter schools are public schools created through a contract with an authorized agency or local school…

I have the privilege to represent the 3rd District of North Carolina, the home of Camp Lejeune Marine Base.

Mr. Speaker, on Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August jobs report. Unfortunately, the news was grim. Unemployment remained at 9.1 percent with zero jobs being created in August. This is another tragedy for millions of…

Yes. This was at a hearing for confirmation for General Austin. He said, We are inside the 10-yard line. Well, this is football season. I think most Americans can understand this great progress. He said, We have four downs. This is first…

My State just passed a voter ID law, and I want to congratulate the legislature in South Carolina.

If the Senator will yield for a second, that is a good point. We have been asked to go by both administrations. The Iraqis have a political problem. That is not lost upon us. Most people in most countries don't want hundreds of thousands…

If I may, trying to respond to the Senator's question, the answer is yes. But you don't have to believe me or Senator McCain. Ambassador Jeffrey, who is our U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, told us back in June when he was getting confirmed that…

I will add, if I may, the 3,000 number does not allow the missions that are obvious to most everybody who has looked at Iraq to be performed in a successful manner. That is the bottom line. That is why no one has thrown out 3,000 before…

That is a very good point, and that is exactly sort of where I was going to take this. That requires the footprint of thousands. We don't need 5,000, but I think 10,000 when you add it up is probably the bare minimum to do this. Because…

Frankly, I'm so tired of his speeches it's going to be hard for me to watch.

Mr. President, America is fair. It has been patient, more than patient. But after two and a half years, enough is enough.

When the country is headed in the wrong direction, common-sense dictates that you should change course.

Instead of threatening to raise taxes on job creators along Main Street, we need to lower the cost of capital to increase business investment.

Passing the three pending trade agreements will create 250,000 new American jobs.

America deserves better than a second-rate economy that is held up to ridicule by other nations.

When the economy is headed in the wrong direction, common sense dictates you change course.

Another 800,000 jobs will be saved this decade merely by calling a halt to the President's new national health care law.