Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. We can go back and forth all day about he said, she said, who has lowered taxes more, who has cut the deficit, who has done what, but let's just recall when the Republicans were in…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the thoughts from my good friend from North Carolina, but I have to disagree with her. First, I want to remind her that we are here today to debate and talk about the rule for the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the resolution provides a structured rule for consideration of H.R. 4715, the Clean Estuaries Act of 2010. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous materials into the Congressional Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Dr. Foxx. All time yielded for consideration of the rule is for debate only. General Leave

I have talked with the active duty leaders in our military about what the Pentagon is doing to address the mental health needs of the active duty force.

Yes. I think that would be helpful to sort of guide us in how things are working in that respect.

We ought to get a response from the SBA because these are issues that could be hindrances and barriers to opening the doors for entrepreneurship.

So what could happen in terms of the 7(a) and the 504 loan programs to improve the amount, or the percentage, going to minority-owned businesses?

Certainly, so many in our underserved communities, are facing the tremendous impediment of accessing capital, which is obviously the economic lifeblood of our businesses and essential if they are to remain open and create jobs.

I congratulate you and the Administrator for making that happen.

It does work. These are unusual times.

the depressed economy, as Senator Snowe, has resulted in the steepest lending since 1942.

Thank you, Chair Landrieu for your continued leadership in championing our nation's small businesses, especially during these precarious economic times.

I would appreciate those numbers for the Committee, if you have the numbers of jobs created.

Many of us, however, are concerned that the sanctions that come out of the U.N. Security Council may well be inadequate to accomplish the goal of increased transparency and getting the Iranians to halt the work that they are doing.

If their policy is to go to the threshold, but not assemble a nuclear weapon, how do you tell that they have not assembled?

Obviously, our first priority is to make sure that all products, including toys for children, are safe.