I have heard some real concerns from constituents in my district that the acquisition could result in diminished competition, could have a negative impact on healthcare costs, or could jeopardize the overall quality of patient care.

How will raising taxes create jobs? Washington is all out of answers. New leadership is needed.

I find it really hard to listen to @BarackObama's speeches. He doesn't have a clue.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 711, I was attending a memorial service in Florida. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that I speak as if in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. IRS Tax Scam

Madam President, there is a tax scam that is going on in this country for which you certainly have to give some creativity to these thieves and robbers--and that is exactly what they are. I first started to get wind of this when people in…

Mr. President, I am very happy to announce to the Senate that today NASA announced its new, big rocket design, with the President stepping forth to indicate that he will request funding for the design and building of this rocket. I want to…

Can you imagine if @BarackObama had passed Cap and Trade?! Energy costs would be double from already record highs.

We can create jobs in the American economy by protecting our own manufacturing sector.

Madam Speaker, there are 14 million Americans out of work. We have a record 30 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or above--the longest stretch since the Great Depression. That's simply unacceptable. The President and the…

It is offensive to me that the U.N. Relief and Work Agency, or UNRWA's, stated goal since its inception in 1950 is essentially to keep the Palestinian people in a refugee status.

My interview yesterday with @TeamCavuto where I discuss Dick Cheney and China http://t.co/gKUTyeM

The decisions by Mr. Abbas to use the United Nations to bypass face-to-face negotiations with Israel is not only unwise, it is utterly unacceptable.

The Palestinians must know there will be consequences for their actions in New York.

If the Federal Government gets involved, the project takes three times as long and costs three times as much.

I would like to yield 1\3/4\ minutes to one of our vice chairs, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Hanna).

Mr. Speaker, in closing, we do need to move forward. This isn't the time to bicker. This is the time to put people to work. This is the time to pass long-term reauthorization. I said earlier this cannot be another Band-Aid. We have had 21…

the idea that somehow it is all or nothing is an unacceptable economic proposition.