You can call me John Wayne, it is all right.

And you could not find a better champion than the gentleman from Alaska.

I realize Alaska is the largest state in the union, and I realize I am the smallest.

Linsanity is here with us today. On behalf of over 18 million Asian Pacific Americans, and as a member of the Asian Pacific Congressional Caucus, I rise today to commend rising NBA star Jeremy Lin. A son of immigrants from Taiwan and the…

The catchword is ``innovation.'' President Obama has made it clear that on the road to economic recovery we must also make long-term investments in American innovation. In his FY 2013 budget proposal, President Obama reasserted his…

this is also what was noted by Congressman Ackerman's earlier statement.

This week President Obama revealed his FY 2013 proposed budget, which introduces important tax reforms to revitalize the economy by boosting job creation and encouraging businesses to bring overseas jobs back to America. President Obama's…

I notice with interest that the proposed budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs is set at about $2.5 billion.

Have we taken measures to make sure that the Indian tribes are no longer going to have to file suit for another 10, 15 years to properly gain what they should have been given all these years?

The housing crisis plunged our economy into a recession that we are still struggling to overcome. Homeownership is at the heart of the American Dream, and yet over 10 million American families now owe more on their home than what it's…

Where are we with the office that is responsible for monitoring and conducting safety inspections in terms of preventing another oil spill?

Just recently President Obama offered a plan to reduce the high costs of higher education by putting pressure on colleges and universities to reduce tuition rates. Under the plan, colleges would be rewarded based on their ability to offer…

There is no question, Madam Chair, of the implications, just as we are confronted with whether or not we should be selling $6 billion worth of arms to Taiwan.

As required by our Constitution, last week President Obama addressed our Nation in his annual State of the Union message before a joint session of Congress. President Obama outlined his blueprint for an America Built to Last, a plan that…

I rise respectfully in opposition to the gentlelady's proposed amendment. Mr. Chairman, perhaps unknown to many of my colleagues of the House, for more than 50 years my little district of American Samoa has been the backbone of the U.S…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Bishop of New York The CHAIR. It is…

I have a love-hate relationship with our canneries. I love them because they provide jobs for our people, but I have very serious problems with the way they went about making business.

American Samoa's private sector economy had been nearly 80% dependent... on two of the three major brands.

I support whatever they agree to. But, of course, there are other things I am thinking of, maybe a 25-cent increase.

We need to be sure that in our zeal to give workers a better wage we 'do no harm.'

Reports are proved to be false.

It is still not enough. It is not what I call a dignified wage.

Why should you be exempted from the national requirements that the minimum wage should be the same throughout America?

On September 30, 2009, one day after American Samoa was struck by a powerful earthquake...

I am very sorry and I apologize that our officials in the Northern Mariana Islands who went to bed with people like Jack Abramoff...