I would like to acquaint you and my colleagues with Mr. Butch Matthews, a 61-year-old former small businessman from Little Rock, Arkansas, who used to wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to deliver canned beverages to retailers before retiring…

I just wanted to read a couple of the letters that have come into my office about the new health care law. I'm a senior citizen working part time. I can no longer see my doctor of 14 years. I know of other people getting their hours cut…

I am pleased my friend would yield me 30 seconds. I want to take a little time to say I have been hearing from the veterans in my congressional district. I represent counties that have two VA centers. We have two of the most, I believe…

We've heard from our Republican colleagues that Democrats don't want to compromise, that the President doesn't want to negotiate. I read something on the Internet this morning that sort of describes the type of negotiation the Republicans…

The President's failure to negotiate is unprecedented. Yesterday, he finally invited congressional leaders to meet at the White House, but no progress was made. The President, instead, issued an ultimatum, telling Congress that he is not…

President John F. Kennedy once said, ``Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.'' House Republicans are willing to negotiate. House Republicans have been proactive in preventing a shutdown by passing four…

The last speaker for the minority was complaining of these small continuing resolutions because they pick and choose which groups will get funded. That is our exact problem with putting this Affordable Care Act into place--the President's…

We all know that for a full day now we've been hearing all kinds of anecdotes about what may or may not have taken place on yesterday as people were signing up for the first time for the Affordable Care Act. Now, Mr. Speaker, I want to…

My friends across the aisle like to say ``therefore, the working class,'' but their actions speak more loudly than their words. The working man just got a $100 a month pay cut with the expiration of the payroll tax cut. The President's war…

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, this bill we are about to vote on is as unnecessary as it is disingenuous. My congressional district is highly populated by veterans whose service and sacrifices are greatly…

Because of the lack of leadership from the President and Senate Democrats, our government is experiencing a shutdown. American families are faced with smaller paychecks, and the most vulnerable are being denied access to necessary…

Every day, I appreciate concerned constituents reaching out to me and expressing their very real experiences with the health care takeover. Jennifer from Chapin says: ObamaCare will put us out of business and make health insurance…

Mr. President, thank you. The idea that ObamaCare--the Affordable Health Care Act--over time will be seen in history as having been a good thing for the American people, I guess that is a bit in doubt. The President keeps saying there will…

My friends across the aisle like to say they're for the middle class, but I can't hear what they say because their actions speak far more loudly. The working man just got a $100-per-month pay cut with the expiration of the payroll tax cut…

The current administration has dictated that the Environmental Protection Agency is to unilaterally institute regulations without seeking congressional approval. South Carolina energy producers have been forced to expedite the closing of…

Mr. President, let me start by getting something out of the way: I am opposed to funding Obamacare, plain and simple, and my votes this week reflect that. The allegedly Affordable Care Act is raising premiums, forcing millions of Americans…

ObamaCare is unaffordable, unsustainable, and unreliable. An overwhelming majority of the American people agree that this disastrous $1.2 trillion law must be replaced with a system that protects the doctor-patient relationship, as has…

In less than 1 week, funding for the Federal Government is set to expire, which would result in a devastating government shutdown. On Friday, House Republicans passed a bipartisan continuing resolution to keep the government's doors open…