I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for yielding and for advancing this legislation. Madam Chairman, I rise today in support of life, in support of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Life begins at conception. Throughout the…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) for putting this Special Order together. Mr. Speaker, in his time served in office thus far, President Obama has said he's for the reduction of government red tape that places an unnecessary…

I object, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. The Clerk will read. The Clerk continued to read. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.

I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak, and I wish to continue discussing what my good friend from Iowa was talking about. There is a reason for the Senate. There are times when it is hard to figure out exactly what that reason is…

My friends on the other side of the aisle just refuse to face the fact that 3 years ago with the passage of Dodd- Frank they created some of the most complex and confusing rules our economy has ever seen. It is by no means a coincidence…

Thank you very much. First, I would like to thank Congressman Clay and also Congressman Graves for their kind remarks and also the Missouri delegation. Thanks for being here, and it's great to have that support right behind you. Less than…

I want to also welcome Mr. Smith to the U.S. House of Representatives. Lacy said that he is a fourth-generation farmer, but he is actually a seventh-generation Missourian, and he has been living on the same farm that his great-grandfather…

I would like to talk for a few minutes about Senator Lautenberg and what he brought to this body and what he brought to public service. I represent Missouri in the Senate, and in the House I represented southwest Missouri. Many times in…

I appreciate my good friend Senator Whitehouse yielding the time for me. Remembering Frank R. Lautenberg

Mr. President, I would like to respond to my friend Mr. Merkley. This act, which I would think would more properly be called the farmer assurance act, was passed by both the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Obama in…

Madam President, I want to talk about the tragedy this week in Oklahoma. This is the 2-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado we had 90 miles from my home, a district that I represented for a long time before I came to the Senate and still…

I would like to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tragedy in Oklahoma

Again and again we have heard from this President and this administration that we need to embrace an ``all-of- the-above'' approach when it comes to meeting and supplying our country's energy needs. At the end of the day, this has simply…

While the public is split 50-50 on whether the science of climate change is settled, there is overwhelming agreement--over 97 percent--among climate scientists that the human activity of this Earth is causing climate change. Imagine if we…

On Friday May 17, 2013, I was in St. Louis, Missouri celebrating the graduation of my son, Stephen Wagner. Stephen is graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, and today was his commencement ceremony. Due to this lifetime event…

On Thursday May 16, 2013, I was in St. Louis, Missouri celebrating children's graduations. My son, Stephen Wagner today graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, and my daughter, Mary Ruth Wagner, has a Baccalaureate Mass for…

I thank the gentleman from Indiana for yielding and for organizing these Special Orders this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 45, a bill that will repeal the President's devastating health care reform law, commonly…

I thank the chairwoman for her work. As this bill progresses, I will remind my friends on the floor that one of the major bills we passed last year was the highway bill in the last Congress that she and Senator Inhofe worked on. Now she…