I rise today to speak about rural communities like my hometown of Clare, MI. It was a great place to grow up. My dad and my grandpa ran the local Oldsmobile dealership on Main Street, and my mom was director of nursing at the local…

I rise today to salute the people of Michigan past and present who have served in our Armed Forces and to honor their families. There are few actions as selfless as serving in our military. When our Nation called, these brave Michiganders…

Punishing the Social Security Administration with deep cuts because we are unhappy with customer service only exacerbates the problem.

That is completely unacceptable because the folks--and, Mr. Camp, you made this point with the case you raised--these are not cases to be processed.

the Act is designed, and typically implemented, in a manner that carefully takes account of its potential effects on commercial activity.

How does the ESA manage to protect these and other species without causing a shutdown or collapse of commercial activity along the Gulf coast?

a conclusion by NMFS that the proposed action is likely to jeopardize a listed species or result in adverse modification of its critical habitat does not automatically prevent that action from proceeding.

I do not think we should ever put a 7 year old in that predicament.

If you can check out a book from a public library, it is not banned.

I will just say, Dr. Friedman, that you have made the strongest case I could think of, of why we need to have educational choice and freedom.

Every child, regardless of city, State, zip code, should have the right to educational freedom.

There is an agenda, in terms of what is presented to school librarians.

Inappropriate books in school libraries, and local communities are within their right to remove them.

Our Republican majority this year passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights, that protects students, and ensures parents of their rights to know what books are in school libraries.

Not one of my Democratic friends voted yes. Not one.

Federalizing the book review process by putting it in the hands of D.C. bureaucrats would be the worst possible solution.

We must support small businesses, since they are some of the biggest drivers of innovation and progress.

I would like to see Congress provide sustained funding for checkpoint security technologies, which is why I am a cosponsor of Ranking Member Thompson's bill, the Fund the TSA Act.