That is right. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I want to thank the gentlelady for those very profound comments tonight and just place on the record that just in our church last weekend the priest informed us that compared to last year he was asking for people to dig deeper because the…

I am going to yield the time to you, Congressman Garamendi, but I did want to say for the listening audience that this is a coast-to-coast operation. I'm looking at you from California, Congressman Tonko from New York, Congresswoman…

I really have enjoyed sharing this hour with Congressman Tonko of New York and Congressman Garamendi of California, speaking out for 100 percent--the 99 percent that are often forgotten, the 1 percent that we don't forget but know that…

If I could say, Congressman Garamendi, with those seniors, I know the first place they're going to spend those extra dollars, after they pay for food, will be on their grandchildren. And all I hope is that they don't buy Chinese toys this…

It's no secret that Wall Street is rampant with cases of outright fraud, backroom deals and very, very special political access. Meanwhile, Main Street is pushing back hard against this tide by investing in our communities and struggling…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, there is no doubt that a concerted voter suppression effort is under way in this Nation. Abolishing the Election Assistance Commission, an agency charged with ensuring that…

I thank our distinguished chairman for yielding the time. Mr. Chairman, when I talk to small business owners back in my district in Cincinnati in southwest Ohio, I continue to hear the same thing over and over again. Overbearing…

I thank the gentleman. After $5.3 billion was spent in the 2008 Federal elections, I never heard anyone utter a word that said the problem we face today in Washington is that we need more private money in politics. Never has anyone said to…

Let me just take this from 30,000 feet for a minute and reiterate what the gentleman from Ohio said. We have too much private money in the people's House. We can't get anything done now because it somehow may affect what Wall Street is…

One thing is certain: Excessive government regulations are hurting America's economy and strangling job creation. Just this year, new regulations cost our economy almost $100 billion, and this is just the cost of new regulations this year…

Mr. President, November is Prematurity Awareness Month, but as the month comes to an end, our fight against preterm births and complications caused by prematurity continues daily in hospitals, homes, and research facilities across the…

The right to organize is a fundamental right in a democratic society. In fact, workers' rights are human rights. This bill seeks to frustrate workers' rights to an election through attacking the National Labor Relations Board. Today…

While Congress is in a deadlock over tax and spending cuts, we learn the Feds secretly gave Wall Street banks over $7.7 trillion. Where did the Fed get that 7.7 trillion? They created most of it from nothing. While our government slid into…

Thank you so much, Congressman Garamendi and Congressman Tonko. I just wanted to say on Social Security and Medicare, I'm proud to stand with my Democratic colleagues. Social Security is an earned benefit, and it's one that belongs to the…

America has always been a Nation of great promise, a Nation of great hope; and I like to quote in my speeches the last four letters of the word ``American'' are ``I can.'' It's positive energy. It's promise that we all work toward, and the…

Thank you very much, Congressman Garamendi, for your leadership in bringing us together so often. You are absolutely unrelenting, and that's the spirit that is America, so we thank you for your time tonight. And Congressman Tonko of New…

Mr. President, there will be a cloture vote on the Defense authorization bill at 11 a.m. tomorrow. We will work through amendments to the bill throughout the day. ____________________