Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. In previous weeks, you and I and Mr. Ryan and Mr. Castro have had the pleasure of talking on this floor about putting people to work, about jobs, about creating the infrastructure, the education, the…

Mr. Ryan and Mr. Pallone, thank you so very much for joining us on this discussion about the Affordable Care Act and the way in which the Republican Party here in the House is using its repeal as a lever to really shut down government…

Very good. We are joined here now by our distinguished senior Member from the State of New Jersey.

May I inquire as to how much time I have available? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 9 minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to the time I have available? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 4 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 4 minutes remaining.

Several things. We just heard our colleague who is supporting this bill talking about American history, that this is an icon of American history. In fact, it was American history that created the law that requires all vessels that are over…

I think we have no further speakers here, which gives me 4 minutes to lay out the case, which may be quite sufficient, and I yield myself the balance of my time. With regard to regular order, I haven't been around here long enough to know…

Thank you for the opportunity to speak here. Mr. Speaker, if this were only about work reforms, that would be something, but it's far, far more. These are devastating cuts. Hunger is real. In my northern counties, the counties along the…

Mr. Tonko, thank you very much. You are quite correct that we need to move in that direction. The American economy is about 60-70 percent based upon consumer purchases of homes and cars and all those other goods. Part of that reason that…

I join you in those condolences. Our subject matter for the evening was really going to be about the economy, about income within this Nation, or the lack of it. I want to just start by referring to a statement that Franklin Delano…

Mr. Tonko, thank you very, very much. Indeed, our best days are ahead of us. Even in the dismal days of the Great Depression in the thirties, Franklin Roosevelt laid it out very clearly when he said: The test of our progress is not whether…

Well, if you take a look at Superstorm Sandy--I don't know what they're going to call the storm that is occurring in Colorado, but we're also seeing the necessity to prepare for climate change and these new very strong, very dangerous…