The private sector is doing fine.

We've steadily ramped up pressure on Iran through a non-precedented set of sanctions.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a tool that will remain on the table as part of this process.

Jon S. Tigar, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Saundra Brown Armstrong, retired.

With almost 1.3 million followers and rising really fast, everyone is asking me to critique things(and people). Finally, I will be a critic.

"""Donald Trump"" song is up to almost 60 million hits---- crazy!"

Accounting firm Ernst &amp, Young and the celebrity judges are insulted by Miss Pennsylvania's made up PR.

Miss Pennsylvania is just looking for free publicity at the expense of the real winner of Miss USA Olivia Culpo.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds…

Mr. Chairman, I would say to my good friend from California, this amendment doesn't reintroduce the composting program, and it doesn't deal with those utensils--which I admit, some of them were not the best--but this deals with the…

I thank my friend from Florida very much. Mr. Chairman, not only do I oppose the amendment, I don't think we should be shutting down this program. This was a bipartisan program one of whose principal sponsors was Senator Ted Stevens from…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment, which I am offering jointly with Congress Members Welch and Pingree, would ban polystyrene products in our food service facilities here in the House. Mr. Chairman, in 2011, the new Republican majority in the…

Well, certainly the gentleman makes a compelling argument here in terms of employment. But it is clear that when you talk to people who regularly use our cafeterias, that they are concerned about the health effects of polystyrene…

This amendment would simply prohibit Members, Committees, and leadership offices from using taxpayer-funded MRAs to purchase online advertisements. These ads are little more than a tool to boost name identification. They blur the lines…

In response, the gentleman mentioned people want to announce town halls and whatnot. That is a tiny, tiny fraction of what occurs in the money being spent, taxpayer money, through franking on the Internet. It's things like this, and I'll…

May I inquire as to the time remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona has 30 seconds remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

In closing, I would just say we have a Franking Commission. They are making determinations like this, and we're still getting this stuff. We're still getting people saying, Congressman X-- fighting the madness. ``Like'' my Facebook page…