A clear pattern has emerged with respect to Democratic rhetoric on the budget. They speak loudly about deficit reduction, while continuing to write checks that this Nation cannot cash. Consider the last debt limit increase bill, which…

This double counting of the Medicare cuts is a dangerous accounting gambit. Former Senator Gregg and I warned the Medicare trustees about it in a letter last year. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of that letter be printed in the…

Madam President, in recent months President Obama has frequently discussed our Nation's disturbing fiscal situation. He is right to do so. Our yearly deficits and accumulated debt hang over the futures of our children and grandchildren…

Madam President, I certainly grieve and also appreciate all the remarks of the distinguished Senator from Arizona. What a tragedy. But there are heroes there as well. I thank the Senator for his comments. ____________________

I can't help but be a little skeptical, after hearing the President's State of the Union Address.

We're getting to the tipping point where risk reward no longer makes sense for someone to go out, as a small business owner, and take his dream and go out and start a business.

isn't it true that this new health care bill will, in fact, create upwards of 160 new agencies, bureaus, and commissions?

It is alarming, but that is actually accurate. As we found out in that experience, the best tax is, obviously, something paid by somebody else. It was estimated when that original income tax was in place that 80 percent of it would…

And it will be interesting to see if the Illinois experience will replicate what happened in Indiana and those other States I listed, and my gut guess is it probably will not. But when we instituted income tax for the first time in this…

Thank you, Mr. Kildee. I appreciate it. Mr. Speaker, the young men and women who are standing behind the bar and at the back of our Chamber here today are great young men and women who have served us well over this past semester. We…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri for allowing me to have some time here, and I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from Ohio illustrating what happens in the States. I think oftentimes we should be looking to the States as an…

What happened is, within a short period of time, using World War I as the excuse, that top rate was not at 2 percent or at 5. It was at 75 percent. Now, what we found out is the actual amount of money coming into the country was in a…

Sixty-seven is what I heard, and 46 percent on corporate taxes. And let's face it, corporate taxes are paid by consumers anyway. So you get hit with it coming or going. You can compare that with what other States have done, like the…

Well, so am I, and I have to admit I love potato chips; but, yes, that's where we're going. What we need to do is, I think, what this Congress is looking at, which is to try and readjust what we are doing and look at our spending levels…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise as the incoming co-chair of the Congressional Women's Caucus to talk to you a little bit about the impact that repealing this health care law will have on women. As you all may be…

David Cutler, a professor of applied economics at Harvard, released a new study on January 7, finding that repealing the health care law would destroy 250,000 to 400,000 jobs annually, and many of these jobs will be women's jobs--CNAs…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her staff, their families and everyone affected by the tragic events of January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. It has been my honor to work with Congresswoman…

I don't think there should be any special rules or laws for members of Congress. We ought to live and act just like the rest of America.