The Safe Climate Caucus is composed of 25 Members of the House who have made a commitment to talk every single legislative day on the House floor about the urgent need to address climate change. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, we reached record…

I hope to be helpful to you and be helpful in the cause of the livestock disaster programs inside the farm bill.

In the absence of this, the absence of the small rural telephone companies' ability to provide these services, your goal and my goal of seeing a more prosperous rural America is significantly diminished.

I hope we do it sooner rather than later.

I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Charitable Giving

April 15 has now come and gone, known as tax day to most Americans. Millions of Americans filed their returns last month and many took into account in filing that return the dollars they contributed to charitable and worthwhile causes…

Crop insurance is particularly important to farmers on the high plains.

I affectionately call the Senator Princess Leia.

The regulatory process in Washington is such that it's probably the No. 1 issue in my State in regards to overkill.

We really tried very hard to ensure that we don't make laws after this 10-year effort without knowing the impacts, such as restricting patient access to lifesaving medications.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. As a working mom, I know how tough it is to occasionally miss family events. And whether it's a parent-teacher conference, a soccer or a football game, or helping my mom, my family always comes first…

I'm very interested in making certain that every American, whatever their political views are, they can know that their tax return is nothing that's going to become public.

I am absolutely convinced, based upon the conversations I had with bankers, but also their potential borrowers, that the regulatory environment is handicapping the ability to make good solid loans to people within a community because of…

There's been a lot of talk in recent months about a ``war on women,'' but those using the term to attack pro-life supporters should look a little closer to home for the real war on women. Abortion proponents would like us to believe that…

Whether it's jobs or our Nation's debt, the economy is still the number one issue for hardworking Americans. But, instead of supporting initiatives like the Keystone pipeline, something that would create 20,000 jobs and help secure our…

Earlier this month, I and 19 of my colleagues wrote to the Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to engage us in a debate on the House floor as to what our national policy should be in response to climate change. That request has been…

So while I assume the expectation was that most, if not all, States would create a State exchange, and that hasn't happened--apparently, 18 is the number of States that have not--your ability to fund, and create a fund to create a…

It's critical that we don't continue the haphazard 'rob Peter to pay Paul' strategy.