We're going to transition this facility to Afghan control.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced that the cost of the President's spending plan has jumped another $75 billion. Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reported that ``the country faces giant…

We cannot allow ourselves to be in a situation where the debt continues to rise, which leads to an unsustainable situation.

The Senate today confirming Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve but by one of the smallest margins of all time: the vote 70-30.

Madam Speaker, where are the jobs? This is the question I continue to ask the liberal majority, since they persist pushing legislation killing jobs. Families are hurting, particularly in South Carolina, where the unemployment rate recently…

Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago today, the President was sworn into office, giving Democrats full control of Congress and the White House. After promising the American people a misnamed stimulus plan to keep unemployment under 8 percent, we see 10…

Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Rangel for yielding me this time. I want to thank you and Mr. Camp for bringing this legislation forward. I want to thank the minority whip, Mr. Cantor, for joining with us in making this a truly bipartisan…

Congress and this administration continue pushing a job-killing health care takeover. Brokered in back rooms, the bill includes $518 billion in new job-killing taxes that will hurt small businesses, and squeezing Medicare threatens senior…

the first question needs to be, how will it improve security?

No one has yet to give any security reason why collective bargaining should be adopted.

In South Carolina last week, I met with people making a difference promoting jobs by visiting the OneStop employment centers across the district. I visited the directors and staff, desk to desk, in Columbia, Lexington, Aiken, Barnwell…

Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, I was pleased to see The New York Times acknowledge Afghanistan and Iraq as the central front in America's struggle against Islamic extremism. It further cites how the United States is making progress turning…

You lie.

You lie!

You lie!

We write to express our deep concern about reports that the administration is planning to transfer six Yemeni nationals currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody of the government of Yemen. We request an immediate halt…

Jim DeMint really encapsulated the Republican position, when he said that beating Obama on this issue would be key to the GOP, and that they would make it his Waterloo.

I don't want a political solution to a safety issue.