Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the middle class workers in Wisconsin and across the country who have unfairly been paying a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires. Middle class Americans deserve to know that our tax system…

If you're using drugs and you're saying you're looking for work, I would call bogus on that.

I think many of our concerns are not about those who truly need the help... but it is those who abuse the program.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Fair Military Leave Act. This legislation fixes a problem that is preventing some of our brave servicemembers from using benefits that they earned after serving multiple or extended deployments…

I appreciate the gentleman from Florida for yielding. I think it is important that we review the history of Federal employee pay freezes. In the last Congress, this came up under a Democrat-controlled House, a Democrat-controlled Senate…

I want to thank the panel for coming in today.

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding. I am sick of the demagoguery. I think it is important that we truly talk about the facts. This is not a debate about whether we're going to extend the payroll tax holiday or not. This is a debate…

I appreciate the gentleman from Georgia yielding. I think it's important to note as we have listened to a debate that went on all day today that there really is no difference within this House whether we should extend the payroll tax…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011. This bill would enable visual artists to benefit from their copyrights in a meaningful way similar to other creators of literary and artistic works such as…

If customer segregated funds are the ones that are missing, they do not have SIPC protection... they should be first in line in any circumstance whatsoever to get this money back.

Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 930, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

Madam Chairwoman, I want to thank you again, and alert the witnesses that the Chair recently marked up a piece of legislation styled 'Homes for Heroes,'

We were told that the CFTC had asked us not to get involved in an investigation; that they were going to proceed with the investigation.

I am hopeful that we will find the courage to craft an innovative and effective path forward for the greater good of our nation's seniors.

if we continue our preoccupation with entitlements, and we really continue to view the entire problem as balancing the Medicare and social security trust funds, that we will be in very big trouble.

I hope that it is not finally and irrevocably closed.

Medical technology has come a long way in the last 100 years.

I want to thank Senator Kohl for the opportunity, Senator Grassley for hosting this program, and for your leadership in advancing American health care.