Madam Speaker, I introduced H.R. 5773 to name the Social Security Operations Building in Baltimore in honor of Robert ``Bob'' Ball, a man who dedicated his career to defending and strengthening Social Security and who helped to expand the…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on behalf of the bill. I rise to strongly support the pending bill, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act. I do it because it will help small business create jobs in Maryland. I spent much of the last…

The creation of MWAA represented a commitment from Congress to the residents of the DC Metropolitan area on the safe operation of Reagan National Airport.

We are concerned that investors are getting nervous because of the delays.

We must restore fiscal discipline.

Thank you Chairman Dorgan for the opportunity to share our views on an issue that is of great importance to our region.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I totally agree with you. I was just trying to point out that we have got to work together on fiscal discipline.

There is no question that managing the debt and managing spending are critically important of economic activities you need to get out of a recession.

Mr. President, I take this time, first, to thank Senator Landrieu for her persistence in bringing forward legislation that is going to help small businesses. We are on the verge, I hope this week, to finally pass in the Senate legislation…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. 9/11 will remain a day of infamy, as December 7, 1941, lives. It will also live as a day that we will always remember, lament the loss of life, and rededicate ourselves to the defense of freedom. As we…

Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong support for repealing the 1099 tax form requirement enacted in the Affordable Care Act. This requirement is burdensome for businesses in Maryland, especially small businesses. The 1099 tax…

I think that is a recommendation we need to take a very close look at, because I understand that in some jurisdictions they might take a sexual assault and classify it as just an aggravated assault.

I think it is very important. I think we have to have a common set of numbers.

We hear the statistics, we hear the numbers, and I really want to thank particularly Ms. Reedy and Ms. Weil for being here to put a face on the issue.

I agree completely.

When you determine at the police level there is an unfounded case, it generally means that you do not believe the victim.

I am convinced that sexual assaults prosecutions are at a much lower number than other criminal activities.