This is not about Republicans, it's not about Democrats, it's not about finger pointing; it's about fixing what we have in front of us all right now for all Americans.

If somebody asked me 2 years ago would you be in Congress, I would say, absolutely not.

I'm an automobile dealer by trade.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1308 was introduced by the gentleman from California (Mr. Gallegly) and is a straightforward bill to amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act by extending the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to leave this body with a simple, eloquent quote from President Reagan. He once said: ``The problem is not that people are taxed too little. The problem is that…

I thank my colleague from Illinois. I appreciate that. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to my colleague from the great State of California, the sponsor of this bill and a member of this Reagan Commission, Mr. Gallegly.

I think what the American people are asking us to do is please, we don't want to stop helping other people around the world but at what point do we come to the realization that we are truly broke?

If we would quit going around the world going mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, we just don't do enough, I think we would get a lot more accomplished.

I want to make sure that when we are putting aid into these communities, how do we make sure that we get credit for it?

I have always believed that true education will take place--the child that wants to learn, a teacher that wants to teach and a parent that supports both.

My personal opinion is we need to have less government telling you what the rules should be.

I have got to tell you. I appreciate what you are doing. I think it is very brave.

We have handicapped ourselves to the point where we are forfeiting the ability to compete.

It is the cumulative effect of all these regulations that keep building and building and building to where it is going to break.

Where is the return on investment and when do we start to see that there is actually a positive to this?

I think the worst thing we can do is to continue to throw money at a problem.

I think that the money we are spending, we deserve to have a positive return on that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Speaker, I'm here today because I represent those small businessmen that are trying to make a living in towns like Butler, Pennsylvania, and Erie, Pennsylvania, and Greenville, and I've got to tell you, the…

I mean, she -- she's well aware of who's around her, just -- you know, just very aware of the situation.

She'll smile at me. She'll do some -- a couple of things that she will only do around me, like pat me on the face.

Mr. Speaker, last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the economy cannot begin to recover until small businesses prosper. Well, the overreaching and burdensome requirements of ObamaCare will hurt small businesses. And…

I am certain that she'll be -- she'll be back stronger than ever. I don't know if that's in two weeks or two months, but it's coming.

You know, she was afraid that that could happen. At the same time, you know, she was doing what she loved, just representing the people of Southern Arizona.

As long as she stays on that slope, I'm confident she's going to make a full recovery.

She's certainly going to go from here to some -- at some point to some kind of rehab facility.