Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Hastings for his leadership and for yielding, and also to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro for her relentless leadership on the Paycheck Fairness Act and also as the ranking member of the Labor, Health and Human…

I thank the gentleman. If this bill passes, it would forever change the doctor-patient relationship as we know it by casting suspicion on doctors that serve communities facing the greatest health disparities, many of which are minority…

First, I would like to remind the ranking member that the top 1 percent of income earners earn 17 percent of the income and pay 37 percent of the income taxes.

I just want to conclude by saying if you really care about women and their children and their families, we need to work to end wage discrimination in this country. We need to work to end domestic violence that's tearing apart families…

First, let me thank Congressman Conyers for yielding the time, but also for your very bold and relentless leadership as our ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee. I rise today as a member of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus…

Other actions taken by the Administration, including rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline, demonstrate an Administration that does not support an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

Based on the Obama Administration's demonstrated preference for alternative energies, a misleading message is being conveyed to the American people.

President Obama has shown certain favoritism towards alternative energies, which he has described publicly as energy sources of the future.

The Administration's fiscal year 2013 budget targets oil and natural gas companies with eight proposals for higher taxes.

I think we would do better in this Country with a lot more Exxon Mobils, Chevrons, and ConocoPhillips, and a few less Solyndras.

Domestic production of fossil fuels on Federal lands fell to a 9-year low in fiscal year 2011.

I think that would be a worthy goal. This bill does not do that.

I would actually like to see something like the Cuban Adjustment Act extended to other victims of communism.

I personally do not consider Medicare and Social Security to be welfare.

Where would you say we are? Is there still a split? Is there a consensus that comes around more our view than other views on this of the regions that you just mentioned?

The Internet continues to grow and to flourish thanks to its open structure and its multi-stakeholder approach to governance.

Any international authority over the Internet is troublesome, particularly if those efforts are being led by countries where censorship is the norm.

the current multi-stakeholder approach has allowed the Internet to flourish here in the U.S. and around the world.