Last night the unemployment benefits expired for 2 million Americans, including over 159,000 New Yorkers and 95,000 residents of New York City. The Joint Economic Committee, which I chair, released a report that finds that there could be…

I would like to recognize my friend and colleague, the gentleman from New York, Peter King.

I would soulfully report to this body the loss of a great Member, Congressman Steve Solarz, who just left us. He passed away at the age of 70 years. He served in this body from 1975 to 1992. Republican or Democrat, he loved this country…

I thank my fellow New Yorker for yielding. I rise to support this legislation, this resolution. Everyone has spoken very eloquently, and I concur with everything that has been said. When I was looking at the resolution and the reasons for…

I thank my good friend from New Jersey, the chairman of our subcommittee, who does an excellent job, for yielding to me, and I rise today in support of H. Res. 1690, a resolution supporting the observance of American Diabetes Month. As a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleagues in expressing condolences on the death of Steve Solarz, who served with distinction in the New York State Legislature and for many years here in Congress…

Steve Solarz served the people of Brooklyn in this House from 1975 to 1992. He served with distinction, boundless energy, great intellect, and a true passion to pursue justice. I have had the privilege of representing a large portion of…

Mr. President, I rise to speak briefly in honor of our friend and colleague, the senior Senator from Connecticut. I have watched him from the day I came here. We knew each other a little bit when I was in the House. He left the House to go…

Yesterday Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, decided that there were Nazis running around a competitor news organization. He called the executives at National Public Radio ``Nazis.'' He said, and I quote, ``They are of course Nazis…

The facts and the numbers in the new JEC report make it clear that extending this program benefits those who need our help most, benefits the larger economy, and thus benefits us all. I urge a ``yes'' vote on this bill.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, the Joint Economic Committee, which I chair, released a report today that finds that if Congress fails to extend the Federal unemployment insurance benefits program, the unintended…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I can't imagine an any more delicate moment to be sworn into Congress than when 434 Members are looking to leave, but if anyone is prepared for it, it is Tom Reed. Tom Reed is well prepared to be in the House of…

This is a blatant attempt to politically interfere with the programming decision-making of America's public radio stations. Efforts to deny funding to public broadcasting for political reasons are a violation of America's standards of a…

Thank you, Representative Garamendi, and thank you for bringing us together on a very important topic. ``Make it in America'' manufacturing matters, absolutely. I think what has been promoted also as a subtheme here has been the investment…

Exactly. And it creates that sort of stewardship over the budget that doesn't find us in situations where we paid for two wars, we initiated a part D Medicare doughnut hole which impacted our senior population with their pharmaceutical…

Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for an enlightening discussion on job creation, making it in America, and tax policy that can empower our middle class. The strengthening of the middle class, enabling them to have more purchasing…

Absolutely--and oftentimes a fact missed on many out there. It was the largest such tax cut for middle-income America, a historic statement. You compare that Obama tax cut to the Bush tax cut that borrowed to spend for the tax cut for the…

And I would suggest to you also that we need to accompany that sort of analytical thinking and that sort of dividend associated with the spending that would be done on a tax cut so that we maximize the benefit for the economy. But we also…