Mr. Speaker, I will join in supporting this motion. Frankly, I think that we appreciate Mr. Stewart for much service in the military, but mostly most of us remember him as a great actor. The fact is many of us may remember him doing one of…

The minority will support this bill. And, as pointed out by the gentlelady, this is probably--in fact, I would kind of challenge my own history background--the only general sport that has its origin from the New World. Lacrosse was…

I want to use this time to compliment the gentleman from Iowa for the fact that he has introduced the most moderate, the most logical and I think the most American bill when it comes to the immigration issue. This is something that really…

I think all of us that go home and talk to our constituents understand that the exchanges with the average citizen for a Member of Congress has been let's just say brisk to say the least. And one of the greatest things that the American…

As a member of the committee of jurisdiction, I have been trying to work in a bipartisan effort with this bill. I want to support this bill even though it has an $85.6 billion price tag. But sadly, the fact is that, just trying to do some…

I regretfully stand up today in opposition to this bill, and it is not because of major portions of the bill. I want to say first of all, I want to thank the chairman for his effort here in getting as much of a bipartisan bill as possible…

Mr. Speaker, all across America, Americans are speaking out loudly. In fact, there's a degree of dismay for those of us in Washington when we go home to see the outrage that is coming out from the average taxpayer in this country. I think…

This bill will start on a pattern towards earning the trust back from the American people. But we do not have a right to ask them to trust us with more money until we prove to them that we can correct this problem and take care of the…

The reports are in and, sadly, not only does this health care scheme cost the American people more than it provides and increases the cost of health care, but at the same time, it exempts anyone illegally in this country from having to be…

This week, each of us cast the most historic vote any of us is likely to ever make. With it, revolutionary changes have been made to the American health care system that will forever alter its very nature. This vote was a long time coming…

I just want to use this instance to thank Chairman Towns. At a time when the American people are crying out for bipartisan effort, I think his leadership on a very critical committee, the Oversight Committee, has been stellar in a manner…

Again, I call on all of us to vote together to support this bill and to use it as a marker for more progress at clarifying and opening up the government process and allowing the average citizen to participate. And the only way to do that…