I am proud to support volunteer fire and emergency services organizations by cosponsoring a bill introduced today by Pennsylvania Congressman Lou Barletta, H.R. 3685, the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. This…

The Food Network recently broadcast an episode of their hit reality-based cooking television series, ``Chopped.'' Aspiring teen chefs highlighted their culinary skills and competed for a scholarship that would be put towards a leading…

I thank the chair. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of legislation I have cosponsored, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. I particularly want to thank the bill sponsors, Gregg Harper, Eric Cantor, and Mr. Welch of Vermont, for…

Given the geopolitical history of the region, the U.S. fully understands Israel's need to be better armed than its neighbors. Potentially threatening Arab countries surrounding Israel have superior numbers, which is the reason why Israel…

Madam President, today I wish to honor Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's impressive feat of preserving 100,000 acres of farmland. Lancaster County became the first county in the Nation to preserve this many acres of farmland, a full 25…

In October, natural gas production in the Marcellus shale region reached 12 billion cubic feet a day. That is six times the production rate in 2009. To put this in perspective, the Marcellus would rank eighth in the world in gas production…

The President's claim that Americans can keep the plans they know and like, to me, always appeared somewhat misinformed, if not insincere. First of all, the law was designed to completely restructure America's health care system. Some, if…

Earlier this week, a profound 3-hour debate took place in the House of Commons on the persecution of Christians globally. Multiple British parliamentarians argued with great passion and persuasion that this is the human rights issue of our…

The President has offered Iran what he describes as a ``very limited, temporary, reversible sanctions relief.'' In this case, limited means $20 billion in sanctions relief. What was the world promised for the $20 billion gift to the…

I oppose this substitute, and I will explain why I support the Goodlatte bill, H.R. 3309. This bill has been methodically drafted with abundant openness and clarity. Among other parts of this bill, and there are many, two are extremely…

Woman, I have been involved in working on patent reform since I was elected and took office here in 2011. This is not new. We have been working on this legislation if not for several months, at least several weeks where it has been up on…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act. Each day, all across the United States, small businesses and entrepreneurs are receiving abusive letters that insist the recipient has somehow…

Thank you, Mr. Polis. Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Polis-Chaffetz-Marino-Connolly amendment. Trolls assert a claim in a letter with little or no specificity, and often it isn't clear who owns the patent being asserted or how the…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have had a rash of people in my office over the last couple of months from all sides of this issue, and there is no one who supports the intent of my colleague's across the aisle concerning small…

For 14 years, Bill Rickett was the man who kept Bucks County moving. Mr. Rickett served, since 1999, as the founding Executive Director for the Bucks County Transportation Management Association. Under Bill's leadership, the Bucks County…

There has been much documented and published about the problems resulting from the Affordable Health Care Act. Millions of Americans are waking up to the cancelation of health insurance policies that they have depended on to meet their…

For far too long, Congress has failed to act while the impacts of climate change threaten our security, our economy, our budget, and the health of our citizens. In fact, the GAO included climate change in its high-risk report this…

Just a couple of years ago, America was on a path to spending hundreds of billions of dollars more a year on energy imports to fulfill its energy needs--money that could otherwise be used to invest in our kids and to pay down our debt…