Mr. President, I rise to honor Maggie McIntosh on the occasion of her retirement as director of Federal Relations at Johns Hopkins University. Maggie has a long career in public service. She has served in the Maryland House of Delegates…

Mr. Speaker, American families are watching the train wreck of the President's health care reform law coming down the track at them each and every day. Promises were made by the President and by supporters of the law that if you like your…

This is an important topic of discussion. You do these things--to examine these things, you make sure that a sport like this is clean because it is in the long-term interest of the industry in maintaining the vibrancy of the industry in…

I appreciate you convening this hearing so we can examine this important topic and the proposed legislation to address this issue of the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the horseracing industry.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Capuano represents a famous area of America, south Boston, a wonderful area of our country. As every Member of this House knows, we who serve here in the Chamber rely on an outstanding group of professionals who manage the…

Mr. Speaker, I have in my hand a letter. This is not a letter from Democrats. This is a letter from 13 Republican leaders, chairs of the subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee, who say to the budget conference committee: Bring a…

No one ought to ask themselves why the American people hold this institution in such low regard. None of us who have served in this institution for any period of time are proud of what we are doing in this Congress. We lament the…

But a partisan bill with almost no Democratic votes, and the second piece of that farm bill, the nutritional part, receiving not a single Democratic vote, lies languishing in the conference committee because it was passed in an…

Mr. Speaker, I see four people in the gallery. I see three Members on the floor. The galleries are empty, the floor is empty because we are not doing anything, and it is not because we don't have a lot of things to do. We have 6--7 if you…

Madam President, first, let me thank Senator Gillibrand for her leadership on this issue of sexual assault in our military. I support her amendment. I believe we need to look at a new way to deal with this issue so there is not only…

Madam President, we are now dealing with the NDAA bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, and it is our opportunity as a Senate to weigh in on one of the primary roles of government and that is the security of our country, how we can…

Madam President, this year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor, the genocidal Ukrainian Famine of 1932- 1933. Eighty years ago, an engineered famine in Soviet-dominated Ukraine and bordering ethnically-Ukrainian territory…

Madam President, 150 years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln gave one of the greatest speeches not just in U.S. history but in human history. In under 3 minutes and using just 10 sentences, President Lincoln spanned the past, present…

Mr. Speaker, the train wreck and broken promises of the President's health care reform act continue. The gentleman from Connecticut earlier said that we were hysterical. Mr. Speaker, my constituents are hysterical about these broken…

We are very proud that she is a Marylander, lives in our State, and is a person who has given so much in public service.

I hope that you would share with me that Americans just do not save enough and we should be looking at ways to increase savings.

I appreciate in your statement your reference to the remedy laws and that the laws provide vital tools for U.S. companies that are faced with unfair trade practices.

There seem to be more problems involving industries in our State.