a recent Washington Post headline has grabbed national attention. It reads: U.S. Government spends $890,000 on nothing. It almost sounds like a bad joke, but this is no laughing matter. The Post reported: This year, the government will…

I rise today in support of a resolution designating September 26, 2013, as ``National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day.'' Childhood is a time for growing--growing bodies, growing minds, and growing hearts. It is a time for bike rides…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Sometimes it's just so bad that we don't even want to look at it. Sometimes it's just so awful we want to turn our face away. But we can't. Shayquana Abrams was a 17-year-old when she went to see a doctor named Gosnell. He performed an…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would like to thank you and the members of the Committee for a very good hearing.

I think it is important to make sure that we still have an American brand on that.

That is our fundamental purpose. That is who we are as Americans.

Thank you, Dr. Hamburg, for appearing today. Is our imported food safe?

We are all still reeling from the senseless violence that was perpetrated on the community of Boston. I live a long way from Boston; but, like many Americans, I'm trying to make sense of the senseless. How can someone so cowardly kill with…

there are new entrepreneurial, returning to traditional means of production that are creating a whole host of new opportunities for younger farmers.

it is not in competition with anything else. It is all part of the family.

Well, we would prefer, as you are suggesting, to have a longer-term fix and decrease the uncertainty about this.

do you lose the original spirit whereby you were targeting a particular area of need with a specialized program.

Keep looking for that pathway. Because here is an individual who was assisting you on your mission----

strong rural communities are the key to a stronger America.

the strength of agriculture in rural communities is essentially tied to production agriculture, and that is a source of a great and economic wellbeing for America.

If the President asks for a recommendation on any of this, yes, we will be prepared, but we also have to factor into that: at what cost is this going to be for the men and women having to fight that war?