There is a criticism that the bonus depreciation provision doesn't go far enough. My answer to that is: let's pass this and then join together. You have supported bonus depreciation in the past. You haven't acted on it. We do. Let me just…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 175, nays 236, not voting 20, as follows: [Roll No. 175] YEAS--175 Ackerman Altmire Andrews Baca…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 235, nays 173, answered ``present'' 1, not…

Mr. President, religious institutions play an important role in communities across the Nation. They are places where families bond; they are places where culture and traditions are handed down from generation to generation; and they are…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 172 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on Ordering the Previous Question to H. Res. 620, Providing for…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 173 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on agreeing to the resolution, as amended, to H. Res. 620, providing for…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 175 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on agreeing to the Levin Substitute Amendment to H.R. 9, Small Business…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 176 due a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Motion to Recommit to H.R. 9, Small Business Tax Cut Act.

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 177 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on final passage of H.R. 9, Small Business Tax Cut Act.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. When you hear of small business, what comes up in your mind first? The corner drug store? The tech troubleshooting startup? My daughter's martial arts instructor? How about Donald Trump? How about Trump…

What the gentleman Mr. Levin is saying is correct, and I want to correct Mr. Cantor because he misspoke about the Democratic alternative. The Democratic alternative requires that a small business make an investment in a plant or small…

I believe that OFR will serve as a vital role in supplying our regulators with critical data and analysis that will help them monitor systemic risk and ensure that our financial markets are sound.

A very important point of the Community Reinvestment Act is that it brings lending investments and services to low- and moderate-income neighborhoods that are traditionally underserved by lending institutions.

For women of color, access to birth control can mean the difference between life or death. Without birth control, they face more reproductive cancers, more unintended pregnancies, and more sexually transmitted infections. And because many…

Mr. Speaker, first let me just thank Congresswoman Chu and our colleagues for standing up for women's health today. Between 2009 and 2010, the United States teen birthrate saw a record 9 percent decrease to 34 births per 1,000. This…

Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 165 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' On Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 619 Providing for…

Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 170 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on final passage on H.R. 4348--Surface Transportation Extension Act of…

Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 171 due to a family medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2453--Mark Twain…