Madam Speaker, it is difficult to comprehend the depth of tragedy and sorrow that has visited the poor island of Haiti. It is difficult to convey the depth of our sympathy and shock at the catastrophe that has befallen the Haitian people…

Madam Speaker, seven brave Americans were killed in the line of duty on December 30, 2009, in Khost, Afghanistan. On that day, we lost good and honorable public servants, whose contributions to our national security will be dearly missed…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H. Res. 1002 which honors the life and work of Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. and encourages the continued commitment to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday as a national day of…

I support the Deputy Secretary's decision, as stated in the December 16, 2009 letters to Senators Schumer and Cornyn, that DOD 'will designate all military installation voting assistance offices as NVRA agencies.'

It is ironic that the Representatives in Congress who care more about the banking industry than they do about the people that they represent.

It is ironic that the banking industry that made so much money... when they got the bailout, they failed and refused to use it to help folks on Main Street.

the success of the surge in Iraq, and the example that's been set by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the government there, to be able to take over responsibilities once the insurgency was reversed, is evidence of the same thing…

if we reverse the Taliban, if we disrupt the Taliban, and we degrade the Taliban, we still won't be successful if we don't improve the government and the image of the government with the people

Why would we not check at those borders, as well, when they leave, to validate that the person leaving is, in fact, the person we think they are?

I just want to urge you to make sure Equatorial Guinea is one of the three that gets the Safe Skies Africa assistance.

I want to thank you for the tremendous effort you and the Department and FEMA made in Georgia during the recent floods.

I think there are great opportunities here over the next 18 to 24 months.

If the President comes out and says that, 'In 2013, the United States is out of here,' then we're going to sit back and just wait until 2013.

That's why I think what you are saying is important.

there is no more important issue than the one that we are going to be addressing.

You and I have previously discussed the fact that whatever we do from an additional regulatory standpoint, we have to be very careful because if we are not careful, then what we are going to do is overregulate the U.S. markets and drive…

it is imperative that we take the right kind of action--which I emphasize 'the right kind'--to make sure that we put tools in the hands of our regulators.

However, having just heard your opening statement, I thought you were much stronger, even much more powerful.