We need to provide some certainty with respect to the Tax Code, and I think we need some more revenues.

We do not create jobs. What we do is help create a nurturing environment for job creation.

CBO has now said it will be probably closer to $650 billion--only $650 billion, and that is an improvement.

In order to do a tax reform that is going to be responsible, we need the full involvement of the Treasury Department.

I would like to maybe put this hearing in context.

Thank you, Ranking Member, for your leadership on efforts to strengthen the SEC and to beat back this legislation. As a member of the Financial Services Committee, I had the privilege yesterday of meeting the new SEC chairman, Mary Jo…

Mr. President, I am honored and privileged to stand here today and to say good words on behalf of Ernest Jay Moniz, also known as Dr. Moniz and Ernie Moniz. He is one of my favorite people from the world of academia. I have in my hand a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I think a greater concern is that we will distract you from your priorities here in Congress, or not give you the resources that you need to do the job.

You sound like you are just what the doctor ordered for this position. And we wish you well.

I support the request that you are making for your budget, as many of us here do.

We can't afford not to, frankly, as has been stated by so many others.

Mr. President, good evening. The Budget While I was waiting for a chance to say a few words on the floor, I was on the phone and had a conversation with someone who has run a couple of very successful companies in our country. I do not…

Mr. Speaker, I wish to clarify my position for the record on rollcall votes 147 through 149 cast on May 15, 2013. On rollcall vote No. 147, on consideration of H.R. 767 I did not vote. It was my intention to vote ``aye.'' On rollcall vote…

What I think commends Delaware's example is that it does function in a bipartisan and bicameral way and does actually achieve results.

We need to be unrelenting in imposing tougher and tougher sanctions and in being willing to use force in order to prevent the acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability by Iran.

I share that goal. I share the frustration expressed by my colleague from Idaho that this seems to go on and on and on.

I frankly think that we are only going to see progress in this relationship if sanctions multilaterally are sustained and imposed in a broader and tougher way.