This is an important opportunity to reinforce the deep cultural, familial, and economic ties that so many Americans share with Mexico and Central America.

Our top priority as a nation must be growing the economy, creating good jobs, and rebuilding opportunity for the middle class.

Call me self-centered, but I can think of one minority they could start with.

I am not giving up.

All because of these cuts.

Second term, baby.

I'm reminded that all these folks, they don't do it to be honored, they don't do it to be celebrated.

The American people worked too hard, for too long, rebuilding from one economic crisis just to see your elected officials keep causing more.

After 4½ years, how many pegs are there left?

Because of these reckless cuts, there are parents whose kids just got kicked out of Head Start programs who right now are scrambling for a solution.

I've got 99 problems, and now Jay-Z is one.

We can strive to value those things that I suspect led most of us to do the work that we do in the first place.

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Schneider moves to recommit the bill H.R. 527 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions…

Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. I rise to offer this motion to ensure that our…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the…

Some of my Republican colleagues were raging that air traffic was slowed by a so-called political manipulation of the sequester. I joined most of my House colleagues in voting to make a special exception for the FAA because we do want…

I think that if there is a bias in the situation, you know, as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, my bias has been to involve families.

I hope in future hearings and other events that we will include testimony and participation from the patient community.