In July 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama said that President Bush adding to the national debt was ``irresponsible'' and ``unpatriotic.'' In February 2009, President Obama warned congressional leaders that the rate of government spending was…

I am pleased that Congress today will honor a great American patriot, Barry Goldwater, with a statue in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. On July 4, 1963, I visited Washington, by bus, for the first time to participate in the…

Congratulations to SAFE Federal Credit Union which on January 14 celebrated the 60th anniversary of its Federal charter. In January 1955, 15 civilian employees at Shaw Air Force Base organized the SAFE Federal Credit Union. Throughout the…

To celebrate Black History Month, I rise to recognize Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the oldest and most prestigious Historically Black Colleges in the United States. The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical…

In one of his great books, Martin Luther King, Jr., asked the question: Where do we go from here--chaos or community? Mr. Speaker, today, 50 years after Selma, that question is still in need of an answer. One area in need of aggressive…

Thank you so much, Mr. Payne, for yielding me time. I appreciate your accolades, and I promise you that my long, distant memory is getting very good, but I assure you that your contributions to this great body are very much appreciated…

The quality of our children's education is too important to rely on a one-size-fits-all approach. I have introduced the Local Control of Education Act to return control of education to the States by prohibiting the Federal Government from…

Today I rise to remember and honor Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell, who after 50 years of public service lost a long-fought battle with cancer on December 24, 2014. Sheriff Campbell first joined the Sheriff's Office during his senior…

The President's State of the Union speech was a disconnect with the American people who live and feel the failures of his policies. That is why the voters clearly spoke to stop tax increases destroying jobs in favor of the Republican…

I would like to share some thoughts about the debate we are having on the Keystone Pipeline, climate change, and how the two intersect. The concept that climate change is real, I completely understand and accept. To the point of how much…

After 6 years, American workers continue to lose jobs under President Obama's failed economic policies. The President makes the exaggerated claim of job creation, but workers feel the facts. The administration's policies have caused…

I want to thank my friend, Mr. Smith, for allowing me to share this time with him. Mr. Speaker, in keeping with the tradition of the First Amendment--a law deeply ingrained in the core of American values--I would like to put into the…

I am going to do something I don't ordinarily do on this floor, which is implore my colleagues across the aisle to please, please, please, support this amendment. Let's take away for at least one day the ``R'' or the ``D'' from behind the…

I thank his honor. President Obama announced one of the largest extraconstitutional power grabs ever by a Chief Executive. He declared unilaterally that almost 5 million undocumented aliens will receive deferred action under some…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her leadership on this issue, not just today, but for her whole tenure in Congress. As the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, I was grateful to see the…

A majority of Americans support building the Keystone pipeline to create jobs and strengthen our energy independence; yet President Obama threatens to block this critical project. The most environmentally secure means to transport oil is…

I am grateful to express my appreciation for Major Veronica Kaltrider. Veronica has been on loan to the office of the Second District of South Carolina from the United States Marine Corps for the past year serving as a military fellow…

Section 3: ``The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. ``Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they…