Mr. Speaker, in the coming years the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will have to find $2 billion additional to pay for ObamaCare's mandated Medicaid increases. There is little flexibility in State budgets this year, and Pennsylvania, like…

My constituents are perplexed with Washington, Mr. Speaker. Economists have warned and the public demands Washington tighten its belt. Despite this year's $1.6 trillion deficit, the President still refuses to change course and reduce…

Madam Speaker, the Penn State IFC/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon, referred to as THON, is a yearlong effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer. THON is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, with…

Thank you, Senator DeMint.

Mr. Speaker, currently, U.S. families spend about $1 billion per day on imported oil. We import about 1.6 billion barrels from politically unstable nations with a corresponding instability in prices, which influences our dollars, our…

I have been a longtime supporter of strengthening institutions in Pakistan and believe that we should be doing all in our power to enhance our relationship not only with the Pakistani Government and the Pakistani military, but also with…

A central element to this relationship is enlisting the talent and dedication of the Pakistani American community.

I believe still at this point we should continue supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces.

Thank you for your testimony today and for your great work here and around the world.

I think we have made some progress, but we still are not there yet.

We don't have a level playing field on protection of intellectual property and it's costing us jobs.

I wanted to ask you about Lebanon. When I was there in July for the first time, I was stunned by--and maybe I shouldn't have been--but stunned by the overarching and dominant presence that Hezbollah has in that country.

So we're grateful for your recognition of that and your work to advance the same causes and the same goals that he--the same values, I should say, that he espoused.

China is very efficient at stopping information getting to its citizens when it wants to, but seems to be very lax when it comes to stopping piracy.

We have met with family members of the victims and understand their anguish over this heinous act of terrorism.

Madam President, I wish to take a couple moments to express my gratitude, and I think people across the country--if we can get this done--will express their gratitude as well. At a time when the economy is still recovering--and there is…

I have been on this committee since its origins, since it was considered a select committee on homeland security post hours after 9/11.

Increased American military action in Yemen only causes blowback and increases the recruiting appeal of AQAP.