As an original cosponsor of this important legislation, I rise in strong support of the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010. As we work to develop and deploy new forms of clean, homegrown energy, we must never lose sight of this central…

Mr. Speker, I stand today to recognize the National Urban League for its century of civil rights leadership and for its dedication to ensuring that all Americans enjoy the benefits of equal justice and economic empowerment. Since 1910, the…

As an original cosponsor of H.R. 5160, I rise in support of this bipartisan legislation and urge its immediate enactment to support the ongoing recovery efforts in Haiti. In January, a massive earthquake struck the country of Haiti…

As an original cosponsor, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 263, which would authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. I commend my colleague from the District of…

I want to thank Chairman Lynch for yielding his time. I want to thank him for his support of this very important bill. Also, Congressman Gerry Connolly is going to speak, I believe, and he has been very supportive. We have bipartisan…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time, and I thank Mr. Shuster for helping bring this bill to the floor and thank Ms. Corrine Brown from Florida, who does such an extraordinary job. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a proud sponsor of this…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on the issue of financial services. Before I do, I wish to say to the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Brown, that we in Maryland express our condolences to him and his loss. We have suffered many of our own…

Mr. President, if there is one thing that we should all be able to agree on, it is that the American taxpayer should never again have to bail out a Wall Street firm. We need to be fighting for Main Street, not Wall Street, and the Boxer…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about an issue about which I care very deeply and have fought for all of my life. That is financial services reform. I am not a Janie-come-lately to this issue. In 1999, I opposed the repeal…

How much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Puerto Rico has 2 minutes and 40 seconds remaining.

I really don't have anything specific. I have talked to Mr. Obey. I don't have the specifics of how he is going to consider that. Obviously, that is an appropriations matter, as the gentleman well observes. I would be glad to talk to Mr…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. I rise in strong support of the bill. I rise in strong support of the underlying legislation. I am pleased to join my colleague from Puerto Rico (Mr. Pierluisi) in support of the rule and the bill. I…

I thank the gentleman for his question, and I appreciate him yielding. As I have said before on the floor with respect to scheduling, I agree with him on both items. I think the budget is very important, and clearly the supplemental is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in opposition to this motion. I traveled throughout the Soviet Union to captive nations with many of you, and I rose in those nations and said to the leaders, You need to give your people…

I thank the Republican whip for yielding. I observe that our former colleague is on the floor, the Governor of Puerto Rico. Congratulations to him. On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for…

I thank my friend for yielding. I thank Mr. Andrews for his extraordinary work on making sure that our national defense is strong and ready and that our troops are provided for as we put them in harm's way. I thank him for his leadership…

So the urgency is now. We've got to act on this now. I'm hoping that that will happen. We have done our part. Then we've got to wait for our brothers and sisters on the other side to do theirs. Again, we just cannot continue to wait.

No, I really don't. Goldman, they said our slogan is: Our customers always come first.