Most recently, as a result of a provision I worked closely on in the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act, an estimated 41 million American children and their families will receive preventive care.

nearly one in five American children live in poverty and that by the year 2012, it will be one in four, the highest rate since the 1960s.

Mr. President, I applaud the Senator from Louisiana for putting forward this amendment with the Senator from Florida. I think banks would be interested in lending this money. I think small local, community banks know their client base…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I have to remind my colleagues across the aisle again that the Democrats have been in control of Congress since January 2007, and we have had a Democrat in the White House for almost…

Mr. Speaker, I need to point out to my colleagues once more that when the Democrats took over the Congress in January of 2007, the deficit was about $200 billion. There was a wonderful situation under Mr. Clinton, they like to point out…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. You know, I've often said that being here in Washington is like being Alice in Wonderland. I didn't know that there are a lot of other people who feel the same way. I did want to ask my…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on adoption of House Resolution 1550 will be followed by a 5-minute vote on suspending the rules and…

Mr. Speaker, the President's own Democrat co-chair of the debt commission, Erskine Bowles, said ``This debt is like a cancer.'' And he's right. This debt cancer is spreading rapidly. Democrat spending is out of control and adding to the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry).

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the distinguished ranking member of the Rules Committee. (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Florida, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in opposition to this closed rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4213, a bill…

Mr. Speaker, I now would like to yield 6 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock). Mr. McCLINTOCK. I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I would say in response that, yes, George W. Bush was responsible for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Heller).

Mr. Speaker, in 1935, President Roosevelt and a Democratic Congress envisioned and passed a safety net for senior citizens and the disabled. We call it Social Security. It has worked well, and I cannot imagine what we would be as a Nation…

Mr. Speaker, I would point out to my colleagues across the aisle, Mr. Speaker, that Democrats are totally in control of Congress. They have been since January of 2007. In the House, the number is 255- 178. There are two vacancies. In the…

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this same-day rule, reject the liberal agenda that continues to distract from private sector job creation and getting our economy back on its feet. I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I will just point out again to our colleagues across the aisle that the reason we had a surplus when Bill Clinton was President was because Republicans were in charge of the Congress, and the reason we had a deficit the last 2…

Mr. Speaker, when asked on July 4th are we headed in the right direction, Vice President Biden answered, ``The economic initiatives that we took, they're working. They're working.'' Vice President Biden's repeatedly touted the failed…