Joe Baca: “The potential role of forests in any climate change legislation cannot be undervalued.”

First, I would like to thank Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus and Ranking Member Barney Frank for their effort to move this bill forward. Also, I want to thank my colleagues who helped me get 342 signatures. I want to…

It has been more than a year since the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. What do the American people have to show for it? We still have not passed a single bill to create jobs. We have had a vote to end Medicare as…

The American people need a tax plan that will help grow the middle class and create jobs right here in the United States. The American people want jobs to take care of their families. Sadly, the Republicans are holding the tax breaks for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line 18, after the…