Mr. President, I rise to support this amendment, cosponsored by Senator Inhofe, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee; by Senator Capito, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. This…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very, very important issue. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of life. Today is a very joyous and hopeful day on what is a very sad anniversary. Today is…

Mr. President, I thought last night, as the majority whip just mentioned, that the President once again showed his sense of why the majority in the Congress and the majority of people in the country support the Keystone XL Pipeline. It is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I appreciate and thank the gentleman for yielding and for hosting this very important Special Order today and for his lifetime of service in protecting the rights of the unborn, those who have no voice. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support…

On rollcall No. 32 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Schock The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…

Mr. President, first of all, this is the first opportunity I have had to follow our new President pro tempore of the Senate on the floor. He was just elected yesterday. I have spoken on the floor at times when he has been in other…

I thank my friend for his leadership and his comments. The Presiding Officer and I are looking at legislation we looked at last year where the Senate would simply have to stand up on rules and regulations that have an impact on the economy…

Madam President, I want to talk a little bit about regulation today. We end this Congress failing once again for the Congress to take more responsibility for regulation. Items such as the REINS Act, which I have sponsored with Senator Paul…

I thank Chairman Hensarling and Chairman Neugebauer for their tireless work on this important issue, and I tell my colleagues that while TRIA is an important program, it is also in need of reform. This bill that we are considering today…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding the time and the gentleman from Vermont for his always kind and compassionate words about our fallen heroes and these great opportunities that we have to represent them and give living…

I appreciate my friend and colleague from North Carolina for yielding me this time, and the gentleman from Vermont also for his tremendous support and commitment to honoring our fallen heroes. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of a great…

I thank the chairman for bringing this legislation to the floor. Mr. Speaker, President Obama, just last week, made the action and said, ``Change the law,'' on immigration granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. The President…

I come to the floor today to speak about one of our greatest national security challenges: the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. I am deeply troubled by the Obama administration's recent 7-month extension of nuclear negotiations with Iran…

I am prepared to close whenever the gentlewoman from Wisconsin is ready.

Hundreds of American businesses, large and small--from manufacturers, to utilities, to agricultural businesses, to airlines--use derivatives every day to manage their business risks and to reduce their exposure to price fluctuations…

I have no other speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R…

The legislation we consider today is a bipartisan, noncontroversial, and commonsense change that will ultimately allow for greater small business capital formation and job creation. H.R. 4200, the SBIC Advisers Relief Act, streamlines…