Mr. Chair, the Essential Air Service Program (EAS) assists 140 rural communities across the country that otherwise would not have scheduled air service. As a long-time proponent of the program, I believe Congress has an obligation to…

Essential Air Service assists over 140 communities throughout the United States. EAS, Essential Air Service, works. Let me talk about two airports, real quick. Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was on EAS. It needed it to get their…

I can attest to the fact, visiting the border, of the astuteness of local law enforcement and their attention to securing their community, but they need our help.

Any budget cuts that would impact that effort would have an impact on the work that you are trying to do.

Let me know what an impact gun running and gun trafficking coming from the United States into Mexico has had on your work or either the enhancement of drug cartels.

I would like to again make that request, and I would certainly like to thank my good friend, Congressman Cuellar, for his first-hand experience.

I think we want to make the strong clarification that the people on the border, both on the Mexican side and otherwise, there are innocent victims that are involved.

I think any classified briefing has to focus on the extensive gun running that travels south of the border.

If we can do that in Northern Pennsylvania then we certainly should be able to do it on the Mexican border.

We are missing a very critical war right here on our borders of the United States, and that is--and I agree with you 1,000 percent. It is a war.

the terrorists--the Taliban, al-Qaeda--they recruit people who are poor, people who are unemployed.

What I don't get, however, is how we reconcile that with your statement that we are not seeking regime change.

Our ultimate goal, not through the military exercise, but our ultimate goal is to see Qadhafi leave?

I sponsored the resolution supporting a no-fly zone with Senator Kirk.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Penn State University on the 20th anniversary of the Undergraduate Exhibition. Last year the House passed House Resolution 1654, a measure expressing support for designation of the week of April…

If my friends on the other side of the aisle want to create jobs, why repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will add 400,000 jobs a year for the next 10 years?

American families need help now. They need protection from insurance companies dropping their coverage, they need help in providing health coverage for their college students, and they need help to afford their prescriptions under…

Medicare also has potentially 10 to 20 percent of its receipts going out in fraud, so maybe there is something to be said for overhead.