Yes, I do. That is why Senator Gillibrand, Senator Specter, and I believe it would be beneficial for the Secretary of Education to use this authority for State guaranty agencies that provide valuable services. ____________________

I thank the gentlewoman from California and the gentleman from Wisconsin. I rise today in support of H. Res. 1280, a resolution that I introduced to recognize National Healthy Schools Day. National Healthy Schools Day recognizes the…

In the aftermath of health care reform, one can't help but ask rhetorically why there would be forces out there that would deny progress? Why promote misinformation? Why refuse to set up exchanges for the business community? Why promote a…

Madam President, I rise today to speak in support of the nomination of Judge Denny Chin to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Chin is, first and foremost, a highly qualified and experienced nominee to one of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we all know that the prospect of an Iranian state armed with nuclear weapons is simply intolerable for the world. It poses an existential threat to our ally Israel. It would pose the threat…

I want to thank the chair for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, I want to express my strong support for H.R. 2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which mandates tighter sanctions against the Iranian…

I thank the chairman for yielding to me. I thank the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) for her strong voice. And, boy, if there was ever anything that's bipartisan, it's this resolution. The one good thing that Iran has done is…

Madam President, I am pleased to rise today in strong support of the nomination of fellow New Yorker, Judge Denny Chin, to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Chin has a distinguished legal career, having…

Representative Holt, if you'll suffer a disruption, if you will yield, you triggered a thought. Just recently my district hosted the only stop in New York State, actually in Schenectady, of the Operation Free Tour. As you know, it's a bus…

I certainly think that this move to innovation, which can be a job growth factor, if that's being denied simply because of an association, a kinship, a partnership with Big Oil, with industries out there as an industry, with big oil…

I think both you and I see the merit that is brought forth by working through SEEC as a coalition to provide that green outspokenness and to work with our partners in government to make sure we respond to their, perhaps, district concerns…

Thank you, Chairman Inslee, and thank you for your leadership with SEEC, the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Coalition. I think as we reference our comments this evening to Earth Day as a celebration tomorrow, we think back to 1970…

I think it is interesting, as you pointed out, this whole Earth Day celebration covers a multitude of needs, but a multitude of opportunities that transcends a number, just travels over so many dynamics out there, from agriculture, to…

And I think there's such a coupling here. I think if we can speak to the focus, the vision, that the Democratic majority in the House embraces, it's pushing efforts the way of small business. So many of these entrepreneurial efforts, the…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, this evening, we are going to be speaking about those advancements in public policy terms that allow us to go forward with a very meaningful agenda to continually respond as an American public to the dynamics…

As a proud member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, and the Representative of a large and vibrant community of Armenian Americans, I rise to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan in his offering of the opening…

I want to appreciate the remarks that Sheila Jackson Lee has just made, and I thank my colleagues for giving me this opportunity to speak out of order. And the reason I rise is that there are very few people that have been active in the…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Rules and Administration will meet on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on ``Examining the Filibuster: History of the Filibuster 1789-2008.'' For further…