Today's health care repeal debate reminds me of tennis great John McEnroe's famous rant, ``You can't be serious.'' Everyone knows this vote is symbolic, putting off for another day the hard work of revising portions of this historic law…

As Gabby's colleagues, we all have had moments with her, so many memories that we recall vividly and fondly. For me, she is a refreshing, frank, and inspiring younger member of the House sisterhood. She is whip smart and a serious and…

I suppose, in an ironic way, Richard would smile at the enormous impact he had on friend and foe alike. He was a life force, a force of nature--someone always operating on multiple levels, in high gear, and in more than three dimensions…

As a rookie Member of Congress in 1993, I sat in the most junior chair on the Armed Services Committee, just a few feet from the witness table. Then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell testified in favor of the Clinton…

Occasionally in politics, and in life, unusual allies surface. Former Bush speechwriter and well-known conservative Michael Gerson has embraced the Dream Act--legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for young people who…

I want to thank my friend and subcommittee chair, Mr. Pallone, and his ace staff for working to bring this bipartisan bill, the Emergency Medic Transition, or EMT Act, to the floor. The bill will help our brave men and women who serve as…

I rise with sadness to note the passing of one of our Nation's preeminent cartoonists, Paul Conrad. Paul, who resided with his wife, Kay, in Palos Verdes, California--formerly a part of my district--was a friend and a political genius. I…

I opposed it then, and I oppose it now. No good has ever come of that policy. And I applaud the personal courage of current Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen who told Congress, ``No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape…

My district makes most of our Nation's intelligence satellites. I have served on our key security committees, and I devote enormous attention to helping develop legal and operational strategies to keep our country safe. The Obama…

I think this is a very important resolution which highlights an issue that directly impacts not just national security but employment in my district and many others. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are the backbone of…

Given the zeal with which it promotes and supports instability in the Middle East, given its myopic obsession with the destruction of Israel, its arming of and financial assistance to Hezbollah and Hamas, and its implacable, duplicitous…