we have got to be forward-thinking in our policies to be sure that small niche companies can grow and create jobs

I really do appreciate you holding this hearing today because I think that small businesses, new firms, are really the job creators in our Nation today.

Mr. Speaker, today the House is going to debate a bill that holds the potential to move us away from a debt crisis and toward prosperity. I want to associate myself with the comments that were made by our colleague the gentlelady from…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, across the country, Republican-led legislatures are pushing and passing laws that will suppress minority and elderly voters in the coming election. Under the guise of ``eliminating voter…

Mr. Speaker, This ``Cut, Cap and Gut'' proposal isn't just a retread of the policies our colleagues voted for in their extreme budget resolution that would end Medicare as we know it; it's worse. This bill holds an increase in the debt…

Under Dodd-Frank it granted the CFPB certain supervisory and enforcement authorities over the payday lenders.

I would like to associate myself with the comments of my colleague from Tennessee. I agree with every word he said. And I would like to ask a question, Mr. Speaker: Why is our national debt so high? It's because spending is too high. It's…

Mr. Speaker, if our Nation's debt crisis has taught us anything, it is that we need a permanent fiscal solution to keep America the permanent land of the free for our children and grandchildren. There is only one way to bind Congress to…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Bishop F.C. Barnes, a great friend and distinguished American who has passed away at the age of 82. Fifty-two years ago, Bishop Barnes founded Red Budd Holy Church in Rocky Mount, North…

Madam Chair, I rise today in opposition to the recision of funds from the high-speed rail program that was unwisely included in the fiscal year 2012 Energy and Water bill reported from the Appropriations Committee. My home State of North…

Should those who provide dump pipes that sometimes carry innocuous documents and that sometimes carry sensitive documents also be subject to some minimum security requirements for the data that moves along those pipes?

We are all weary of duplicative regulation. On the other hand, we don't want gaps in consumer protection.

Well, what about if I subscribe to voice over IP service?

Even more concerning is that the data-gathering industry has developed ways to marry online data with offline data.

Let me thank the two chairmen for holding today's joint hearing on Internet privacy.

What is worse is that the top 50 Web sites directed at children placed substantially more tracking files on visitors' computers than general audience Web sites.

Mr. Chair, today, the House is considering H.R. 2018, the so-called Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act. This bill, which represents the latest attempt by the House to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency, could just as easily be…

It is vitally important that American's have reasonable protections for the personal information held and sold by the data-gathering industry.