The Nation is broke. We cannot afford to be wasting money on improperly orders of priorities like global warming studies.

I think that if he survives and somehow wiggles out from under the pressure that he's under right now, there is no question in my mind, first, that he will take terrible revenge on the people of Libya and anybody who has dared to oppose…

One of the reasons that public approval for our body is sometimes so historically low is we have a tendency to demagogue those with whom we disagree and we create false dichotomies. This bill is no more about the independence of the…

Mr. Speaker, again I would like to thank the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from California, for his leadership. It is instructive, it is informative, not to mention ironic, that there were opponents to the D.C. charter…

I would like to thank the distinguished chairman of Oversight for his graciousness and leadership. Mr. Speaker, we have found consensus. Sweet, elusive consensus. We found it. Not in a final committee vote; that would be too much to ask…

The Congressional Black Caucus worked diligently for the passage of the Affordable Care Act. However, this is not enough.

We cannot win the future by leaving people behind.

Investing in our crumbling infrastructure will create jobs and help our economy get back on track.

I'd like to use that call for a Domestic Marshall Plan as a jumping off point for my remarks this morning.

This is not about skin color. It is about what I would call 'stressed' communities.

I would ask the committee to look into this and to see whether or not it makes sense for us to begin targeting resources where the needs really are.

Nothing has been a larger strain on this country's finances than the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have now cost us more than $1.1 trillion.

We can gain robust and immediate savings also from paring down the Pentagon's budget.

The budget resolution must include a substantial job creation initiative to get our economy moving.

Over the last 30 years, there has been a dramatic and deliberate transfer of wealth from the middle class to the very, very rich.

The CPC alternative budget does this by providing for the responsible and orderly redeployment of our troops and military contractors from Iraq and Afghanistan, saving more than $1.5 trillion above current law spending levels over 10 years.

However, we believe the reforms could go farther by including a public option that would provide competition to private insurers and reduce the cost of health care for working families and the Federal Government.

Not only do we need revenues, but we need to do it in a fair way.