I am pleased to take part in this important hearing which examines the regulatory burdens facing our Nation's credit unions.

This has been one of the more substantive hearings that I think we have had in trying to get to the bottom of all of this.

Okay. Well, we have got four other prisons that are sitting empty that apparently are not as high a priority. Does the Bureau of Prisons intend to sell them?

Mr. Speaker, I stand with my colleagues to highlight Equal Pay Day and call on this body to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal pay for equal work not only adheres to our country's founding principles of justice and equality, but it…

To me, that certainly qualifies under the law of diminishing returns as something we really need to take a look at.

Between 1998 and 2010, the opportunities for public comment have really declined.

What proposals have you heard potentially coming out of Congress that would help reduce our regulatory burden?

I appreciate your willingness to step forward and serve. It is a sacrifice, particularly with a young family.

Just a quick suggestion. We held a pretty interesting hearing chaired by Senator Mark Warner about the British one-in/one-out rule.

One of the macro pieces of information that was pretty eye-popping to me when I came here was a study commissioned by the Small Business Administration (SBA)...

Madam President, this is a very simple amendment. It recognizes I think what most of us recognize; that is, the entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare, are the primary drivers of our debt and deficit. So it is a very simple…

Madam President, I would call up my amendment No. 213. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.

Madam President, I ask that my time be used against our allocation on the resolution. I wish to commend the Senator from Pennsylvania, who is absolutely right. I supplied the medical industry for over 31 years, and the medical device tax…

Madam President, I was allocated 15 to 20 minutes. I will try to keep it to 15 minutes to yield at the top of the hour.

Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to recognize our Special Order hour not only to talk a drop about the budget plans we had this week, but more importantly, this is an hour to honor organized labor in…

The number one issue before our country is not the deficit; it's getting the economy going and creating jobs. We have 12 million people who are still unemployed and millions more who are underemployed in this country. That's why the best…

I think one of the things about Dubai, if you look at who agreed and who did not, the countries that have benefited from the Internet, who represent Internet companies and startups that are adding to prosperity, et cetera, all of those…

I do quite honestly appreciate the fact that this administration has started conveying to the American public and making public some of the threats that China poses.