It is my understanding that it was Senator Kennedy and the Senate Democrats who opposed the variable rate for student loans in 2005.

I would also like to point out that from 2007 to 2011 the Democrats were totally in control of Congress.

It seems to me that it is illogical that you all continue to talk about access and increasing borrowing for students.

The president has created the greatest fiscal crisis that this country has ever seen and now suddenly you are concerned about the loan rates.

Madam Speaker, the Republican budget cuts at least $3.3 trillion from low-income programs over the next 10 years while it increases the defense budget. It reduces taxes to a level that will wreak havoc on the Federal Treasury. The rate of…

Madam President, I am very proud to extend my recognition and congratulations to the congregation and administration of the Grace Episcopal Church in Plymouth, NC, as this wonderful institution celebrates 175 years of providing spiritual…

It is such a sweetheart deal that it is almost killing the goose that is laying the golden egg.

I think he has done an outstanding job in recognizing the problems and realizing that something has to be done.

If we had just let them pay--if we let the employees of the Postal Service pay what the Federal employees were paying.

One last thing. You indicate that the USPS finds itself in a predicament that is primarily the result of one flawed statute that enables the Congress of the United States to micromanage what should be a business decision.

I thank the Senator from Wyoming and my colleague from Oklahoma. We have worked on this, spent tireless hours trying to save not just Medicare but health care as we know it in America today. I think what my colleague has already mentioned…

Well, I thank my colleague for that acknowledgment, and that is why the thought that innovation would leave the American health care system terrifies me. Innovation is the answer to the threats, both natural and intentional, that could…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of a friend, former colleague and public servant, North Carolina State senator Dr. Jim Forrester. Jim was a lifelong public servant. He was a brigadier general with the U.S. Air Force and the North…

Thank you, Mr. Lewis, for your very powerful statement. I think it speaks volumes and clearly explains the issue that we have to deal with.

Let me thank you, Madam Chairman.

Motorcoach ridership is up, and yet motorcoaches are not being held to the same safety standards as passenger vehicles.

Madam Speaker, over the past several months, we have seen Republicans wage war on women's health. Nowhere can the Republican zeal for limiting women's access to affordable quality health care be seen more clearly than in their attempt to…

In 2009, NHTSA issued a Motorcoach Safety Action Plan. I am sure you are familiar with that, building off of NTSB recommendations, the plans set rulemaking priorities for crash avoidance, seatbelts, fire safety, emergency egress, and…