That is right. First, the points that the assistant majority leader was making about the bipartisanship has been exactly right. What is most--not discouraging but perhaps the most disappointing part of this is even as recently as 2007…

Mr. President, 75 years ago President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act written, in part, by Senator Hugo Black of Alabama. He actually sat at this desk as he was writing the minimum wage law and some of the Fair Labor…

Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, 23 percent of Ohioans with incomes below 133 percent of the Federal poverty level were uninsured. But thanks to the expansion of Medicaid in my home State of Ohio, all of the almost 600,000…

I want to recognize and appreciate the leadership of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) for pushing this bill forward. It is very important for our country. Our patent system is complex, and in our litigious society, it is…

Today I rise in opposition to H.R. 3309. This bill hurts innovation by small business and many American inventors with less than 5 patents. My amendment to exempt them from the strictures and inherent costs of this bill was not made in…

So, here is a ``Jeopardy'' question for you, Mr. Speaker: How many days is the Republican majority now overdue in getting its work done to produce a budget for the Nation for 2014? Our Nation needs a budget to operate the Government of the…

Today I rise to pay tribute to a woman who is considered the modern mother of the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks. This past Sunday, we celebrated the 58th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on that bus in Montgomery…

We've heard a lot about choices and constituents and what we should do. Well, let me say to you, Mr. Speaker, and to this Nation, our Nation is at a crossroads. The decisions we make today will affect the long-term economic stability of…

It has been reported that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a $13 billion settlement of the civil suit filed by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Housing Finance Agency in order to resolve several investigations into their…

As cochair of the Ukrainian Caucus here in the House, I rise today to condemn the violence currently igniting in Ukraine at the hands of Ukraine's top government officials. Their targets are peaceful protesters and dozens and dozens of…

I have no further Members who wish to speak on this issue. If my good friend is prepared to summarize, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I too want to say thanks to my good friend and colleague, Mr. Tonko, for his support of this legislation. It may seem trivial to some; but trust me, it is not trivial to the many communities who are sitting on stockpiles, literally…

Thank you, Congressman Jeffries, for yielding. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues, Congressmen Jeffries and Horsford, for leading this CBC Special Order hour and for leading 16 CBC Special Order hours this year…

Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 1990, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, legislation that will help bring America closer to energy independence and security. The United States is blessed with God-given natural gas…

Mr. President, it is with pride and humility that I stand and thank my colleagues for passing S. 381 by unanimous consent last night. Once passed by the House and signed by the President, this bill will award Congressional Gold Medals to…

Over the past year, I have heard from thousands of people in the Dayton area who have been affected by the unilateral and irresponsible spending cuts known as sequestration, which I have strongly opposed. Among those are numerous business…

The DeFazio amendment is ill-conceived. Creating jobs in the energy sector is creating American jobs, and this amendment would, in fact, inhibit our ability to reduce our trade deficit and also affects an issue of providing natural gas to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Barry, I just want to say that there have been a lot of kind words here tonight, and I think a lot of the words are very appropriate, but I have got to say, I don't even like you. You are full of bad…