That's absolutely the progress we wanted to witness, and was it fast enough? It's never fast enough for us after we've lost 8.2 million jobs, after the American households in the last 18 months of the Bush presidency lost $18.5 trillion…

Let me just state this, that the landmark Small Business Act, which is intended to create jobs--we're anticipating 500,000 jobs--allows for investment in exporting, which I believe is critically important; it allows for investment in our…

I thank my colleague, Ms. Norton, for giving me this opportunity to share with everyone how proud I am to rise in support of H. Res. 1428, which recognizes and salutes the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens on the occasion of its 100th anniversary…

I thank my friend from New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill. You know, I am going to try to speak from the heart. Those of us who represent districts in and around New York City all had constituents who died on…

I rise to express my support for the JCC Maccabi Games, which will be held in 2012 in Rockland County, New York. The JCC Maccabi Games is an amazing event where thousands of Jewish teams meet, compete, and learn the values of…

I thank my colleague from New York for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule on H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. We all know on September 11, 2001, what happened, and I said it on the…

I thank my friend from Florida for yielding. Let me at the outset thank the leadership in both parties for allowing this bill to come to the House floor. Whatever differences we have, I am sure today they will be resolved in a way that is…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 847, and at the outset, let me commend my colleagues, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler, for the truly outstanding job they've done for all these years and…

This is the United States House of Representatives, the United States of America. This is an institution that I am proud to be a Member of, and there comes a point in time in our lives when we just simply must do the right thing, keeping…

More than 70,000 Americans from every State, including more than 1,100 from my district, descended upon Ground Zero to recover and rebuild after 9/11. They ran into burning buildings. They rescued trapped workers. They sorted through…

I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. McMahon). Mr. McMAHON. I just want to be very clear that we all owe a great debt of gratitude to Congress Members Maloney and Nadler from New York for their leadership on this issue…

How much time do I have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 2 minutes remaining.

I then yield the balance of my time to my partner for the last 6 years on this bill, the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney).

Before I recognize the next speaker, I would just like to say when voters get an opportunity to ask the question, ``and what did you do to help these people who have given so much of their lives to this cause,'' that you just won't have to…

I thank my colleague and friend from New York (Mr. Rangel) for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill. I would like to thank those who are here today for the debate who served our Nation so nobly on 9/11…

Let me congratulate the chairman and the ranking member of Ways and Means for coming together to have this civil type of discourse, having our staffs work together, agreeing on some things, disagreeing on others, but showing that…

I thank the gentleman for the time. I congratulate the leadership of the House and the members of the New York delegation for bringing the 9/11 bill to the floor. I especially want to thank Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Nadler and Mr. King, who in a…

Today we are considering a bill that is overwhelmingly supported by the American people. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which I offered along with the entire New York delegation, will provide needed health care for…