Under any circumstance, could you envision a public/private partnership that could manage such a network in a manner that meets the needs of first responders?

I represent a very rural State. South Dakota is a state that is made up of rural areas.

So, you know, the President's budget has been in the headlines over the past several days.

I want to thank you for letting me voice my opinions on these regulations. We will address the problem.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, it is all about the jobs, and that's exactly what this Republican majority has been fixated on ever since we've come into control of this House. I will tell you that specifically we…

I am from the State of South Dakota, which obviously is a wonderful State, but very cold this time of year.

Mr. President, I rise to join with my colleagues. I appreciate what the Senator from Tennessee had to say about our former President, as we look upon his 100th birthday coming up this weekend and all of us pay tribute to the legacy he gave…

Mr. President, I wish to add to the comments made by my colleague from Wyoming, who in his former life was a physician, and so he understands this issue probably better than any of us here in the Chamber. I think he very eloquently pointed…

Madam President, I rise to speak about the issues that I think are most important to the American public. I appreciated the opportunity I had last evening, along with the Presiding Officer, to sit and listen to the President's State of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the first time on the floor of the United States House of Representatives to make a case for a very important piece of legislation, namely H.R. 2, the health care repeal…

I just do not subscribe to that.

I do not believe that this Congress is really going to cut $1 trillion out of Medicare.

the proposed increases are great, but at some point, the Administration is going to have to lead in figuring out how we pay for this stuff.

I do not want to beat a dead horse, because I know it has been talked about already at some length.

I am not a big fan of the Infrastructure Bank, as you might expect.

I hope that you consult with Administrator Jackson about that approach and having Congress come to some solution.

the U.S. could face a bond market crisis if politicians do not act soon to start cutting the Nation's debt.

I, frankly, do not think that if you get west of Boston or east of San Francisco that you are going to see much transit investment.