This is a tremendous breakthrough. This is a victory for the honorable people and the idealists of Myanmar.

Let us start rewarding them and let us start engaging with them.

A lot of people understand that right after I was elected to Congress I disappeared and went to Afghanistan for 2 months and fought alongside the mujahideen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you for holding a hearing that is not specifically designed to bash the Administration.

The real issue was that it was effective.

We strongly support the intentions of the ACT to instruct the GSE's to allow all mortgage originators to use the same servicer guidelines.

Mr. President, I rise today to solemnly recognize the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide based in…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Enzi resolution. If enacted, this resolution would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, from implementing commonsense, straightforward changes to the union representation process…

Mr. President, I am very pleased with what just happened at the desk. For those who didn't follow it, the majority leader, Senator Reid, and Senator McConnell, just named the conferees so we can get moving with the House and settle our…

Coordinated outreach will help reach borrowers possibly eligible for HARP or another program.

I have been working with Senator Barbara Boxer on a discussion draft bill that I have asked witnesses at these hearings today to comment on.

Mr. Speaker, today is Yom Hashoah U'Gvurah. It is a day to remember the Holocaust heroes and martyrs--those who fought and those who resisted; those who survived and those who perished. In Israel, the day is marked with the piercing wail…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the National Day of Silence, which is tomorrow. This is the 15th year we've commemorated the National Day of Silence, a time when students across the country remain silent for the whole day to draw…

Mr. Speaker, the recently discovered GSA spending scandal is a prime example why Americans have lost faith in their government. This week, I questioned GSA officials about the now infamous conference hosted in Las Vegas. This one lavish…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill today--a $46 billion price tag, and it's unpaid for. Moreover, 1 year is not tax certainty if you're a small business person. I rise also as a small…

I yield 2 minutes to another distinguished member of our committee, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).

I yield myself the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes.

I yield myself 30 seconds. The gentleman is correct in that the contrast is very stark. They've tried to raise taxes on millionaires in the Senate so they pay like the people who work for them. This bill would provide a tax break of…