We're still going to be able to do 174,000 loans, but this is a situation where we're faced with, and you all are faced with, a defined and finite amount of money.

I believe this budget basically lays a strong foundation for doing that.

Challenges still remain for agriculture--especially for America's livestock and dairy producers.

Mr. President, with the passage of the STOCK Act last year, Congress made an important statement: When it comes to insider trading laws, there is no special exemption for Congress. If anyone in government provides confidential information…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 or 11 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Insider Trading Laws

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the privilege to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives and also the times that I've had to be here on the floor and listen to the dialogue and the debate that's delivered by Members of both…

Mr. President, I was deeply disturbed several weeks ago to learn of the White House's plan to strip $332 million in critical funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund and to redirect that money to educating the public about the…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 4 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark up the nomination…

I specifically didn't name anyone. This is a question--I can repeat it again--about a dishonorable man from the Department of Justice delivering such injustice to honorable people.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at 10 a.m. for morning-hour debate…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the privilege of being recognized here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and taking up the subject matter that I understand is going to begin this week with a markup in the…

Mr. President, more than 20 years ago, family members of workers killed on the job joined with safety advocates to launch Workers Memorial Day--a day of remembrance and advocacy. To honor the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health…

Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to congratulate Art Gratias of Mason City, IA on receiving the Legion of Honor from the French Government for his contribution to the liberation of France. Art Gratias enlisted in the U.S. Army…

I would rather help people and create a positive feeling toward our country versus responding to chaos when chaos erupts.

We have got to rely upon people that are there where the fraud is being done. And we have got to encourage them.

Tom Perez committed the Justice Department to assist the city in getting Fredrick Newell's qui tam action dismissed.