Before I turn to my colleague from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) who has just joined us, I want to pull up this chart. If only you had had this next to you while you just made this statement about the change in the nature of America's wealth. This…

Well, indeed, you are carrying many pieces of legislation. I like your one--what was it, don't flush America down the drain--having to do with rebuilding our sanitation systems here in the United States.

We have maybe 10 more minutes here. You talked about the purchasing power of Americans. On January 1, unless we act, American workers will lose about $1,500 of purchasing power. We must renew and continue the reduction in the Social…

With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back with great thanks to my colleagues and for the opportunity to be a Member of Congress. ____________________

It's a country in which the American Dream lives, and we have the obligation to make sure that it's there for future generations. Mr. Tonko, we're going to do a rapid 30 seconds around.

I would also ask you to take a look at the fact that, even with that supermajority vote, California has perpetually run a deficit because it could not bring into balance the revenues and the outlays because the outlays were required by the…

I suspect we're about to enter into a west coast debate here. My good friend from Oregon brings a perspective a little north of California, and I would like to bring to this discussion a perspective of California. {time} 1050 For more than…

It is time for the European insurance companies to step up, to honor their claims.

I come before this committee today in support of H.R. 890, the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2011

The gentleman from New York says it so eloquently. Long ago, I did a study of the California economy. We decided there were basically five things that needed to be done, and now, from the Federal level, I'd add a sixth. They are the things…

I really want to thank the chairwoman for bringing this bill back for a second, maybe even a third time and never give up, never give up.

Mr. Larson, thank you so very much. You speak well of Connecticut and you speak well for Connecticut. I guess we are going to do our East-West show here. I would just point out before we go there that America has lost about 40 percent of…