Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. State of the Economy

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, as if in executive session, the nomination of Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, sent to the Senate by the President, be referred…

Mr. President, one of the greatest orators in the history of English-speaking people was Winston Churchill. I can't tell you how many times I have read and reread his speeches and heard his great efforts to summon the courage of the…

Mr. Chair, it's like we're stuck in some sort of time warp--a Groundhog Day to end all Groundhog Days. This House has voted 302 times to block action to address climate change, to halt efforts to reduce air and water pollution, to…

We are here yet another time, yet another day, yet another bill being introduced by my Republican colleagues that will attempt to roll back the progress that the American people have made.

I don't think that the President is waging an attack on coal.

Mr. Chairman, we have to have regular order.

I have always felt that waste, fraud, and abuse have no place in Government programming.

The Obama Administration has not taken any serious actions to prevent inappropriate State leveraging of Federal Medicaid money; rather, the stimulus bill made it more advantageous for States to figure out how to game the Federal Medicaid…

I hope that today's hearing is not intended to undermine Medicaid or to provide a political plug for Paul Ryan's plan for block granting Medicaid and dismantling Federal oversight.

We must ensure Medicaid remains strong and under Federal oversight and distribution.

I want to thank you for your very informative and clarifying information.

Is there any wonder why the American people have lost faith in the way we do things here?

I don't want to leave here, looking back at my tenure in Congress, and say I was involved in one of those moments where we did nothing and it just got worse.

There was a huge rally in deep southern Illinois over the weekend to protect and save coalmining jobs in the country.

Mr. Speaker, I want to first off thank the chairman for bringing this bill forward. I want to thank Chairman Upton, the ranking member of both the full and subcommittee, and I especially want to thank Congresswoman Capps for helping me on…

Gay and lesbian Americans now no longer need to hide who they love in order to serve the country they love.

We cannot replace the tyranny of a dictator with the tyranny of a mob.