Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the gruesome second anniversary of the administration's misnamed stimulus plan. When this irresponsible plan of massive spending was introduced, liberals promised unemployment would not exceed 8 percent. At…

Madam Chair, I rise today in support of this amendment. Folks, it's time to stop the spending insanity in this country. The American people know the government's too large, it spends too much money, and indebts future generations. We are…

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: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) Of the…

Mr. Chairman, this is a very important amendment, and I have called it the 10-20-30 amendment. It deals with what we call ``persistent poverty counties''--those places in America that have experienced a poverty rate of at least 20 percent…

Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise in opposition to the Walden amendment. Mr. Chairman, the FCC's Open Internet Order brings certainty and clarity to a debate that has raged on for almost a decade, allowing Internet service providers as well as edge and content…

The ongoing foreclosure crisis and the foreclosure fraud scandal are issues of great national importance, and of particular importance in my home State.

The Accord will make the global financial system more stable and reduce the likelihood of future devastating financial crises by requiring internationally active banks to hold more and better quality capital and more robust liquidity…

our task is to do the best we can to try to identify those firms which most likely pose a risk.

The Dodd-Frank Act is a major step forward for financial regulation in the United States.

The Dodd-Frank Act addresses critical gaps and weaknesses in the U.S. regulatory framework.

I think there is quite a bit more work to do to fully implement all that Dodd-Frank has put on the table.

Given that in FY11 the Air Force will use both voluntary and involuntary measures to reduce end-strength, why does it make sense for the Air Force in FY12 to add 600 people to its active duty end-strength?

Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the proposed budget for next year was released by the current administration. This budget fails to address the issue of Washington's 4-year spending excess. The proposed budget freezes will not work. They will not…

I appreciate that the Air Force retention-oriented culture will have great difficulty with the involuntary officer separation/retirement actions being introduced.

I think it would serve as a barrier to a reconstitution of the Taliban and others coming from the border areas in Pakistan.

I think that it would serve as a barrier to Iranian influence coming from the West.

I think that's a real world example of where 30 years of investment really paid off.