Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support for the bill before us, H.R. 2, which would repeal the health care reform law that was enacted last year. While we need to address shortcomings in our Nation's health care system, this law is the…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Florida? There was no objection…

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize a great organization that has helped so many disabled individuals: the Walkabout Foundation. This terrific organization was founded by siblings Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster. Sixteen years ago…

Madam Speaker, I stand before you today as a self-made businessman with 30 years of experience. I have been fortunate to create thousands of jobs, meet payrolls, and balance budgets. As the past chairman of the Florida Chamber, which…

Mr. Speaker, we all want to increase access to quality, affordable health care. We know that in this troubled economy, Americans are concerned about making ends meet and ensuring that they are covered in the event of a health care…

Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 12, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the Republican majority's callous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Reform has already made a dramatically positive difference for millions of our constituents and small businesses while tackling our…

Madam Speaker, I think it is important to address the notion of job killing versus job creating. We've heard a lot of talk about the title of this bill and the jobs that it supposedly kills. But let's look at the facts here though. Of the…

The creativity, the imagination, the innovation of American workers, their intellect, is being stolen and it is being stolen on a regular basis in China.

Well, China hasn't used the nuclear option since it first started talking about it.

I think that most Americans misperceive the economic relationship between the United States and China.

China has an economy that is geared to selling things to us.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, this morning there are no mountains to shield us.

China's trade dependence on us gives us enormous leverage.

We figured that will destroy our country.

Mr. Speaker, I thank our leader for the time. Just a few days ago, one of our own, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was gravely injured as a result of a terrible act of an unbalanced individual. Americans were profoundly shocked and…

I thank Mr. Pastor for yielding. Madam Speaker, on behalf of my community in Florida, the Tampa Bay area, I rise to honor my friend and colleague, Gabrielle Giffords, her staff and the other victims of the Arizona shooting tragedy. The arc…

It is a time of hope and promise, but in the middle of a time of great economic challenge for Arizona, for Florida, and for all of America. But Gabby Giffords has an optimistic eye to the future. She believes that working together we can…