This is the right thing to do at the right time and for the right reasons. Hopefully, in some small way, this legislation will bring some form of closure to a cowardly act, one so outrageous that it became a turning point in the passage of…

Around the country this time of year, it is known as March Madness as the NCAA basketball tournament is about to begin. But it is March madness in Washington as well, as the debate starts today over what kind of country we are going to…

Last week unemployment rose to 7.9 percent, and consumer confidence in the economy fell to a 14-month low. During the last 3 months of 2012, the economy shrank for the first time since the depths of the Great Recession. All of these…

Amendment XXI: Section 1: ``The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.'' Section 2: ``The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for…

By direction of the Committee on Ethics, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: In the Matter of Representative Laura Richardson of California H. Res. 755 in the…

I am happy, on the part of the committee, to yield 5 minutes to Representative Richardson.

In closing, I want to once again thank members of the committee, as well as members of the pool, for their tremendous service that they render to this institution. And on behalf of the entire House, I want to again thank the nonpartisan…

I'm prepared to close if the ranking member has no further speakers.

I am now pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent), who ably served as chairman of the investigative subcommittee, for any comments he may have.

As chairman of the Committee on Ethics, I rise in support of a resolution before us today which calls for a reprimand for Representative Laura Richardson of California. Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the responsibility for…

I would inquire of the gentlelady from California how much additional time does she intend to seek because, as I have heard her comments, respectfully, it sounds like those were all contained in her response which was included in the…