Mr. President, I rise today to praise my Senate and House colleagues for passing H.R. 6336, a bill that will allow a statue of American hero and Rochester resident, Frederick Douglass, to reside permanently in the U.S. Capitol. I am proud…

Today we mark the 11th anniversary of 9/ 11. The tragedy that day still burns in our hearts, and once again, we renew our pledge to ``never forget.'' The thousands who died and the thousands who rushed to rescue them truly deserve this…

I was detained and missed rollcall vote No. 562, H.R. 4264. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 562. ____________________

A point oftentimes lost. Even millionaires and billionaires would get their tax breaks on a first order of income, $250,000. Do you know what stands in the way? If we have to be totally frank here, they want to make certain that…

Representative Courtney, you talk about that event. When he made his presentation, he did that long-term review and a rather shorter focus over the last couple of years--the first term of President Obama's. Yet, when he talked about the…

Thank you, Representative Courtney. I thank you for your outstanding leadership. You've been there on the student loan issue. You've been there on the ag reauthorization measure. You've been there on the American Jobs Act. {time} 2040 We…

This evening we'll spend some time here in Special Order on the House floor to address a great bit of unfinished business that rests before the House. And we have just returned from what is a 5-week recess where Members of this House were…

Representative Courtney, you're a great friend. You're a great friend not only to me, but to this House, to the district you represent, and to the State of Connecticut. And you're such a good friend because of the academics that you put…

You know, I listen to you, and your State was tremendously impacted by Irene and Lee last summer. My State was tremendously impacted. We reached for those very pots--that we've emptied with the Republican solution--that served our…

Representative Courtney, you talk about the reducing of VAWA, the Violence Against Women Act. If the spirit and letter of that law has been to protect women, why would you weaken certain protections? There's this order of meanness and…

And I agree with you. I think that the brinkmanship that was utilized in the debate and the development of a response to the debt ceiling crisis was an attachment of bells and whistles and all sorts of extraneous materials that were being…

Mr. President, I stand here today with my colleagues to observe 1 minute of silence on the first day of session since the passage of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympic terrorist attack that killed 11 athletes and coaches from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Moment of Silence to Observe the Fortieth Anniversary of the Munich Olympics Massacre The…

First of all, I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for bringing this bill to the floor. In 2001, I sponsored the original resolution which created the ``Hispanic Americans in Congress'' book. And to some folks watching this…

Aung San Suu Kyi has urged a decrease in international pressure on Burma. But by renewing this bill today and keeping this measure on the books even as we are open to new flexibilities, we will help send a strong signal to those in Burma…

Thank you so much. It was such a pleasure hearing the word knocked around here, ``bipartisanship,'' and well there should be. I hope we can explain what it means to some of the newer Members. As I was talking with Jim McDermott, whose…

I thank my friend and colleague from Washington for yielding his time, and I want to thank all those involved in bringing this important legislation to the floor and doing it, albeit maybe a little late in some components, but getting it…

First, let me thank Ranking Member Levin for giving me this opportunity, and let me thank the chairman for bringing up the idea that this Congress is concerned about taxes. I say that because some of us will go home, and our friends and…