1 week ago today, I introduced H.R. 4232 with my colleague from Ohio, Congressman Tim Ryan. The Restore the Freedom of Information Act is a commonsense, bipartisan bill that would make it easier for American taxpayers seeking information…

I have been to the plant where they make the engine for the Chevy Cruze, I have been to the plant where they make the bumper for some of these cars, and I have been to the assembly plants, and the workers are excited. And the workers…

Mr. President, March 2012 marks the 29th annual National Eye Donor Month--a month devoted to honoring eye donors and corneal recipients, and increasing awareness of the need for eye donations. Since President Ronald Reagan declared the…

President Obama's job-killing EPA is at it again. Last year, the EPA proposed a rule on manganese alloy production that would close down the last two manganese alloy production facilities in America, costing over 500 direct American jobs…

Mr. President. I rise today to honor Raymond J. Price III upon his retirement from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, IUPAT. For more than 30 years, Ray Price has represented his fellow workers in Ohio and across the…

Once again, Republicans in the House have put forward a budget that ends Medicare as we know it. This is an all- out Republican assault on Medicare and our Nation's middle class. Who benefits from this Republican budget? Millionaires…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the American Studio Glass Movement. The movement is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The American Studio Glass Movement began in Toledo, OH, as a small group of passionate artists and has…

I would like to thank my colleague, Representative Christensen, for her work and continuing to anchor this CBC hour. I think it is very, very important. She is very special because she is determined to make sure that the United States…

I want to thank my friend and colleague from Ohio for all of his work. I think it's an excellent bill, and I'm certainly happy to have cosponsored it with him. I would now, Mr. Speaker, yield to my colleague and friend from the great State…

Today, we debate and will vote on H.R. 2779, a bill that addresses a critical issue facing American businesses. I want to thank my fellow Ohioans, Steve Stivers and Ms. Moore, and our collective staffs for all their hard work on this…

I just, again, want to thank everyone involved in this bill and ask my colleagues to please support it. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1520 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from…

This week, the world laid to rest in the Egyptian desert a holy and wise spiritual giant, Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and the patriarch of all Africa of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He passed on March 17. His Holiness…

Mr. President, I rise to talk about a new record that has been set. It has nothing to do with the number of votes the highway bill garnered last week in the Senate, and it has nothing to do with length of service of Senator Mikulski. For…

Mr. President, some time ago, I was reading a book about the beginnings of the interstate highway system in our country. I came across a paragraph when the highway builders and the Federal Government were going to run the interstate…

The National Women's Law Center recently reported that 90 percent of the best selling health plans charge women more than men for the same coverage. In addition, insurers have classified millions of women as having preexisting conditions…

I say to my colleague from Nebraska, I am afraid the answer is yes. It is increasing costs and, therefore, making us less competitive. When we increase the costs of doing business, of course, it impacts the economy. The Senator has laid…

Thank you so much. And I want to thank Representative Christensen for continuing to host this hour. Thank you very much for your leadership. Mr. Speaker, for far too long, hardworking Americans have paid the price for policies that handed…

I would like to thank my colleague, the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee (Mr. Smith of Texas) for yielding the time. He explained it much better than I can, but I'll take a stab at it myself. H.R. 4086 is really a…