Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Senate bill before us today, which would award Dr. Muhammad Yunus a gold medal for his exceptional work in the field of micro-finance assistance to the most impoverished people around the…

Madam President, in the midst of all the strife and partisanship and ideological rigidity that makes it so difficult these days for us to bring about consensus in the world's most deliberative body, there is the occasion at the first of…

Mr. Chairman, it is also my understanding that you and committee staff have been in discussion with Treasury and regulators since this bill was in our committee about the intent that these investments can be counted as tier 1 capital in a…

Thank you, Chairman Frank, for all your hard work on this important bill. With access to tier 1 capital, community banks that participate in this program will be able to provide small businesses with the credit they need to grow and hire…

Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1640 and as the designee of the chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, I call up the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5297 and urge my colleagues to support America's small businesses, our job creators, by voting ``yes'' on this bill. Some Members of Congress frequently talk about the importance of small…

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Madam Speaker, I rise to remember the life and legacy of a great south Floridian and fellow Cuban America, Ricardo Mayo-Alvarez. Ricardo was an irreplaceable member of the Cuban American community. Having fled Cuba's communist regime…

Madam Speaker, I am so proud to rise tonight to recognize South Florida's own Joseph ``Pepe'' Badia, the president of Badia's Spices, who will be honored on October 8 for his many contributions to our community at the 10th annual Bubbles &…

I would like to thank my colleague, Mrs. Christensen, very much for yielding the time and also thank my cosponsor, Mike Castle, the Congressman from Delaware, for also being a leader on behalf of National Estuaries Day and thanks to the…

Mr. President, I also wish to share some observations of a recent visit I made to another troubled part of the world. In Colombia, I witnessed a country transformed. I went there with our four-star commander, General Fraser of the U.S…

Mr. President, in a few hours we are going to be voting on whether we want to take up the Defense bill. That should be a no-brainer, for, after all, defense of the country is one of the most important things the U.S. Government can do. We…

Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to recognize and honor Major Edward J. Hudak, Jr., of the Coral Gables Police Department, located in my congressional district. Major Hudak graduates tomorrow from the FBI National Academy at Quantico. He…

Can you imagine President Obama and Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner coming forward after this election and embracing a report of the deficit Commission that would be passed, has to be passed by 14 of the 18 members?

I think what Senator Nelson said about us needing bipartisanship at this time, because this debt crisis that we have...

I would just say in conclusion that one of the things I learned when I sat at the knee of Tip O'Neill was that he and President Reagan would fight like the dickens, but they would walk out the door at the end of the day as personal friends.

Thank you, Chairman Clay, for your very kind remarks. Congressman Chaffetz, thank you very much for taking the lead on your side of the aisle. Let me just express the grief that I know you felt for the loss of your mother. I have shared…

I want to thank the gentlelady from Texas and also the gentleman from Florida, who are my wonderful friends. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 5706, to name the Government Printing Office Public Document Distribution…