The most important thing, obviously, is performance.

It was important for Mayor Emanuel to say, 'Let's step up our game.'

I was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there are going to be bumps in the road. There will probably be some times where we bump up against some of these countries and have strong disagreements, but I do think that over…

I believe we're all in it together.

Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2017.

Keeping these families apart would do nothing to weaken the Castro regime.

It starts by exporting more products, but outsourcing fewer jobs.

Mr. Speaker, this is Constitution Week, when we celebrate our fundamental rights as Americans. Today, one of the most cherished rights, the right to vote, is under serious attack. Recent efforts to suppress voter participation are designed…

I thank the gentleman so much for yielding and for pointing out how languishing in the House of Representatives are many pieces of legislation that have passed the United States Senate in a bipartisan way with a Democratic majority. Yet…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 597, I was off the floor and inadvertantly missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``present.'' Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Markey The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

Mr. President, I listened to the statement made on the floor by the Republican leader. It was a statement similar to one that was made yesterday. I responded to it yesterday and I wish to make a response today. I am disappointed that this…

I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.

Mr. President, I want to explain my vote in support of cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3525, the Sportsmen's Act of 2012. I am supporting cloture in an effort to move this important bill forward. It is a compilation of almost 20…

I'm not going to slash investments in education and make young people pay more for college just to pay for a tax cut for millionaires and billionaires.

Let's do some nation-building right here.

We could create a million new manufacturing jobs in the next 4 years.

We succeed when the middle class gets bigger.

Michael McWherter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2016, vice Dennis Bottorff, term expired.