I found the logic that has been argued to this committee very peculiar over this issue.

It is a shame that we have to witness this, it is a shame that we have to lose American citizens injured and killed.

Somehow we have got to remind ourselves every single day that there is somebody out there that wants to do harm to Americans.

Mr. Speaker, most Americans watching these proceedings today are watching them on C-SPAN. C-SPAN is a public service that was created by the cable industry in 1979 to carry our House proceedings and other public affairs programming. It's…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to address wage equality in our Nation, or the lack thereof. I was raised by a mother, a schoolteacher. She worked hard. She worked harder than any male that I know of on her job, and then when she came home, she worked…

The Postal Service is a vital function that is needed, it is something that we need, it provides a service that no one else is going to pick up.

I think what concerns me though in that question, and with other things going on, is that we simply again have just a flawed business model here.

The credit unions play an extraordinary role in our entire economy and, certainly, a central role in our financial system.

We have to stop this talk about taxing credit unions and move on to try to serve the underserved and build wealth together.

I was sworn in in February of 1999 to the U.S. House of Representatives, and, if I am correct, every year in December we had to, at the last minute, patch the SGR or physicians were going down the tubes on reimbursement.

Mr. President, this is an Isakson-Shaheen budget amendment that creates a deficit-neutral fund for the purpose of converting our appropriations and budget process to a 2-year process where we budget and appropriate in odd-numbered years…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 138. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Georgia [Mr. Isakson], for himself and Mrs. Shaheen, proposes an amendment numbered 138…

Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to George ``Chip'' Walter, Jr. Chip, a career veteran of the Navy, currently serves as the Director of the Office of Congressional Affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA. As the vice…

Mr. President, I wish to speak on what almost qualifies as a historic event: For the first time in 4 years, the Senate will try to complete a budget resolution. Since 2009--the last year the Senate passed a budget--the government has run…

Mr. President, I just to want to thank the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire for what she has done in supporting this, and I thank my other colleagues who are supporting it. This is an idea whose time has come. I urge every Member…

Mr. President, I appreciate the recognition, and I ask unanimous consent--I was going to ask that Senator Shaheen be allowed to follow me. She is on the floor now and so she will. I am pleased to stand and talk about amendment No. 138…

Oral statement on H.R. 981

My lightbulb went off too, particularly with the testimony of Mr. Wood talking about that sense of purpose.