Mr. President, 3 years ago today, a mentally disturbed gunman walked into a campus lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and shot 22 students, killing 5 of them. John Peters, the president of Northern Illinois University…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Speaker, with the comprehensive and detailed analysis that we've already received from our distinguished chairman and my colleagues, I'm not sure what I can add, but I will try. Article I, section 1 of our…

Today the folks on the other side of the aisle are actually arguing in the alternative. We heard the gentleman from New Jersey say, well, Republicans at least are finally getting to it. You don't need this resolution. And the gentlelady…

It is business that creates jobs. Easing the regulatory burden helps create jobs. Mr. Speaker, I would now like to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California, Congresswoman Bono Mack, who is the chairman of the Commerce…

I now yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the chairman of the Health Subcommittee, Joe Pitts.

Mr. President, I want to recognize the work of organizers in Springfield, IL, who are kicking off the national Civil War Sesquicentennial observation by reading President Abraham Lincoln's ``Farewell Address'' on the 150th anniversary of…

We don't care which administration created all these burdensome regulations. If they do not protect public health and harm job creation, we want to review them. I don't see what's the big damage of that, and every time you hear the word…

I want to share with my colleagues, we'll have a chance next week to vote on greenhouse gas regulations, which will kill jobs. Those bills are coming. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).

(Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague from Ohio who is from the largest manufacturing district in the country, Mr. Latta.

I now yield 2 minutes to one of our new colleagues from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).

I'm glad my colleague talked about the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act was passed in the 1990s, and it identified six criteria pollutants. And we know a lot of what those are--nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter. Carbon…

I think this has been a great debate. And Diana DeGette is a great friend of mine. We've served here in the Chamber for a long time. And I think it's good for the public to understand that we can have strong disagreements without being…

I was expecting a few Members, but I don't expect them to come now. Ms. DeGETTE. I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, it has now been 36 days since we were sworn in in the 112th Congress. Yet, in the Energy and Commerce…

As we prepare to debate the budget, and as we have already begun to debate, it is a budget that in many instances and in many ways spells gloom and doom for people who have been expecting and looking for some opportunity to move our…

As you know, I come from Chicago, home of the world champion Chicago Blackhawks, and I rise today in support of the National Hockey League's designation of the month of February as ``Hockey is for Everyone Month.'' ``Hockey is for…

Well, I want to thank you so much for having me. I want to thank my colleague from New York for his efforts and everyone who's here tonight toward this end. This issue is critical not just to our health, our Nation's health, but also to…

I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rockefeller). Are there any other…