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Madam Speaker, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced yesterday that the number of job openings is at its lowest point in 5 months. The number of available jobs dropped from 3.7 million in March to 3.4 million in April. This fact shows…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the gentleman's motion to instruct. Coal ash is a serious issue for this country and especially for Pennsylvania. Nearly all of my constituents get their power from coal, and with that power generation…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill before us. Today we're debating a bill that Republicans tell us will embrace an all-of-the-above energy strategy. The way this bill purports to do this is by opening large swaths of land to…
If Congress has time to look into Major League Baseball, the BCS and invite Stephen Colbert to come to a committee hearing, surely to goodness, we have time to get answers on a fundamentally flawed lethal investigation like Fast and…
I hope not. I hope he gives us the documents. It's not a political exercise to me. I want to know how Fast and Furious happened.
He said he didn't know about it. And I take him at his word.
The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.
No, he's partially correct. I think the initial request was for wiretap applications, which Rule 6-C of the 'Federal Rules on Criminal Procedure' does not allow anyone to give to anyone who's not part of the investigation or the trial.
If he doesn't, then yes, we'll vote on it on the floor of the House.
My point was to more illustrate the absurdity of asserting executive privilege for something you had no role in.
I was a prosecutor back when that was going on. The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.
What do you believe is the current pace of Iran's nuclear weapons program?
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be withdrawn as a cosponsor of H.R. 1380, the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller of Michigan). Is there objection…
Mr. Speaker, last Friday, the President revealed a new policy that promotes illegal aliens who are in our country from deportation. This shifts jobs from lawful Americans to illegal aliens. As a former immigration attorney myself, we…
Mr. Speaker, in Wednesday's Washington Examiner, columnist John Stossel quoted Economist John B. Taylor of the Hoover Institution who stated: Unpredictable economic policy--massive fiscal stimulus and ballooning debt, the Federal Reserve's…
Thank you all for what you do to keep our country safe. You have quite a challenge in your mission and I wish you the best of luck.
This is a very important hearing. It is important to my State of Tennessee, which ranks fifth on the endangered species--on the number of endangered species listed.