Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Extending Unemployment Insurance

Mr. President, it has been almost 1 month since Senators and House Members went home and failed to extend unemployment insurance, a lifeline for 1.6 million Americans. In my home State of Ohio, 52,000 have lost their unemployment…

I always appreciate the comments of Senator Murkowski, who is always thoughtful and works across the aisle. I appreciate the work she does. Mr. President, I rise briefly, joining with Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senator Merkley…

I thank the chairman, and I appreciate your willingness to address these problems.

I appreciate the gentleman from New Jersey for his leadership on this all important issue and for the time here today. Mr. Speaker, next Wednesday, thousands from across the country, including hundreds of my constituents from northwest and…

I thank the ranking member from New York for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the fiscal year 2014 omnibus appropriations measure, a critical, critical step in the direction of regular order. My hat is off to…

It is un-American that House Republicans are refusing to hold a vote on extending benefits for Americans who have worked and are now unemployed. It is particularly astounding, with a Speaker from Ohio, where unemployment has just ticked…

Thank you. Congressman Mark Pocan, you are such a breath of fresh intelligence and fresh energy in this Congress of the United States. I am so proud of the people of the Badger State for sending you here and for the hard fight that you…

Thank you, Congressman Garamendi. Thank you for bringing us together as you so often do. We are so fortunate that you are here and bringing us together as voices from the heart of America here in our Nation's Capital to talk about what is…

I am privileged to rise to honor a man who made a difference. I wish to pay tribute to the extraordinarily generous life of American patriot Eddie Boggs, an exceptional educator and music man from Sylvania, Ohio, and Toledo. Eddie was a…

The independent contractor said they were unable to adequately test the confidentiality and integrity of the system. They said no complete end-to-end testing was done. The chief information security officer recommended not launching it…

Today I rise to commemorate the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty. In 1964, President Johnson stood in this Chamber and addressed a Congress that represented a nation where more than 25 percent of Americans…

Once again, I want to say how much I respect my colleague, Mr. Tonko. We continue to work together, have worked together, and have had some successes in holding the EPA accountable to the law. I appreciate working with him. But this…

This amendment strikes the provision that would allow States to list a site on the National Priorities List once every 5 years. States have a great deal of experience and expertise in cleaning up sites contaminated by hazardous wastes, and…

In closing, I want to go back and revisit just briefly some of the cost implications or the allegations of cost implications of today's legislation that we are considering. CBO carefully analyzed all three of the bills that we are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 2279 and specifically a section of the bill I sponsored referred to as the Federal Facility Accountability Act. This commonsense legislation updates CERCLA…

While home for Christmas, I reflected on the economic challenges America faces and the parallels today's economy has with the one Ronald Reagan inherited from Jimmy Carter in 1981. Both were characterized by high unemployment and low…

Ironically, the EPA often pushes States to identify more sites that the EPA can put on the list so that the EPA can argue for more cleanup funding. The EPA incentivizes States to identify sites that meet the listing criteria by giving the…