the extent to which everybody has something to contribute to our society, we ought to encourage that contribution

I support what your organization has put forward on infrastructure components.

keeping people behind bars if it is not necessary is very much a costly product that hits states worse than it hits the Federal Government

Madam President, after months of obstruction, we have overcome a shameful effort by the Republican minority to block the extension of emergency unemployment benefits. Because of the obstructionism of those on the other side of the aisle…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Gabriela McCall Delgado, Jacob Sheahan, Conor McRitchie, Tom Stanley-Becker, and Anthony Tucci of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

Mr. Speaker, as always, I'm privileged and honored to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives, this great deliberative body. And having come here and sat down and listened to the presentation of my colleagues on the…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., for…

I didn't speak to anyone at the White House. I didn't speak to anybody at the White House.

Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a brave and patriotic son of Iowa who gave his life for his country, CPT David Anthony Wisniewski. He graduated from Woodbury Central High School in Moville, IA, before attending the Air Force…

There is zero tolerance for discrimination in USDA and I strongly condemn any acts of discrimination against any person.

Yes, that is correct. We certainly understand that many special entities have internal managers that may meet the independent representative requirement. For example, many public electric and gas systems have employees whose job is to…

Mr. President, as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, the pensions community approached me about a possible unintended consequence of the derivatives title of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer…

Mr. President, I have long worked for the continued viability of rural low-volume hospitals so that Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas in Iowa and elsewhere in the country will continue to have needed access to care. Today, I…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 14, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a closed hearing entitled ``The New START Treaty (Treaty Doc…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 14, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 14, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 14, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 14, 2010. The Committee will meet in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building beginning at…