Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and congratulations, Congressman Perlmutter. Ed, you and I have been friends for a long time, and I am looking forward to your chairmanship, and your common-sense approach to things, and hopefully, we can do a lot…

I appreciate the gentleman from South Carolina, and I will remind him that if this bill becomes law, the 1 million seniors in his State will face a $7 billion cut over the next 10 years to Medicare. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the…

If the Federal Government takes leadership, we will see more responsible policy at the State level.

The railroad industry makes significant contributions to the U.S. economy, and its high capacity to move freight with low emissions provides benefits to the environment.

Freight rail is an essential part of the U.S. economy and is a major employer.

I am interested to hear from the panel before us on how lenders and businesses view the program, areas that should be improved, and how to adjust the program moving forward.

Thank you, Chairman Payne, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

They couldn’t trust him. They couldn’t rely that he would do the on the fact that he would do the right thing and allow their promotions to go through. They were protective of these women’s careers, because they knew they had a commander…

That practical sense of getting the job done combined with great staff and good legislative partners from both sides has advanced health research on cancer, and Alzheimer`s, and disease you may only know about if someone in your family has…

The president really tried to make the Republican Party a working-class party. The president tried to refocus this party on those Americans, on their concerns, on their needs, on their family`s security, on their jobs, and he was right to…

last year Congress provided nearly $68 billion in emergency funding for schools. About 10 percent of that has been used. This bill provides another $126 billion, with no requirement that we get kids back to school. We know they need to be…

This is the people’s house. It should be open to the people. And just to say that, you know, hey maybe for whoever will have the massive guard presence, and have it fenced off from the public I think is the wrong choice.

If you are confirmed, how will you work to ensure that companies like Amazon and others, that have such incredible power and market concentration, how will you work to ensure that they do not unduly influence government policy?

I think it is appropriate for the administration to take clear and consistent guidelines to its appointees so that there is trust in government.

I think the idea of keeping them there indefinitely and keeping a barbed-wire fence around the Capitol indefinitely is crazy. I mean, this is the people’s house. It should be open to the people.

I rise today to recognize the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled on its 90th anniversary. The National Library Service, or NLS, is an important part of the Library of Congress, an institution that has long been…

Do you think it has a negative impact on our public policy?

You know, on January the 6th, I objected during the Electoral College certification.