I thank my colleague from Florida for giving me this time. I want to encourage my friends and colleagues on both sides to defeat the previous question so that we can work together to pass a clean extension of unemployment benefits and the…

We're running out of time. Just in California, where I come from, 356,000 Californians are at risk of losing critical unemployment benefits because this Congress has failed to act. These aren't just 356,000 strangers; these are our…

Yesterday I came down here on the floor, and I asked my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work with us to move forward on a new middle class payroll tax cut, a tax cut that would put more money in families' pockets, creating more…

We know that it's our small businesses that have hired almost 60 percent of the new jobs that we've had in this country. We know that $1,500 would go back into the economy, and we know that that $1,500, through this middle class tax cut…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I just don't think Americans can wait, but here we are again today debating legislation that will do nothing to create jobs or to help families…

Over the weekend I visited Arlington West on the beach in Santa Monica, a beautiful memorial to the men and women in uniform who have lost their lives in the 10 years of war. As I walked through hundreds of crosses in the sand marking the…

I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this bill because Americans need us to focus on jobs right now, not this extreme bill that endangers the lives of women. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Today I'm offering an amendment that will preserve the critical air pollution protections for the places that they are needed most. For the people in my district, air pollution is a major health problem. The Los Angeles region always is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2, add the following: (d) Ten Metropolitan Areas of the United States With the Worst…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hahn) will be postponed. Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mrs. Capps

Last week I held meetings in my district with over 50 businesses; not to talk to them, but to listen to them. I wanted to hear from small businesses themselves--what is standing in your way and what do you need to succeed. And I heard that…

Last week we passed a bill to extend funding for critical highway and transit infrastructure projects for 6 months. I don't think 6 months is long enough. We're told by businesses that they need certainty before they can invest, and the…