You mentioned something that just caught me like that. Public policy, public laws make a difference. I want to give you an example. You mentioned Germany and the advances that they've made in green technology. I had the opportunity over…

Thank you, Mr. Tonko and Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee. Your representation of your constituents and for America is unparalleled. You are fighters. You are fighters for those people that have faced the personal disaster of losing their job…

You're absolutely correct on that. I want to give just a couple of very quick examples of the way in which that policy finds its way into legislation, and then I want to turn to our colleague who just arrived from the great State of Texas…

Thank you very much. You're quite correct about how we pay for all of this. We know that we're going to be borrowing money to rebuild these communities, as we should and as we must and as it is our purpose in a community. But in doing…

You're talking about real patriotism. You're talking about real American patriotism, the great strength of this Nation. First of all, our compassion for each other that we're willing to sacrifice today so that you can rebuild in the…

Representative Tonko so well explained with great passion the problems that his constituents are facing at this very moment, as, once again, the floodwaters rise in his district and throughout the Northeast. Actually, I guess it's most of…

It's a great privilege to stand here on the floor of the House even at this late hour as we prepare to hear, tomorrow, the President of the United States come before a joint session of Congress to talk about how America can get back on the…

Excuse me for a second, if I might interrupt. One of the proposals coming from some of the Republicans was to sell America's assets. Do you suppose they intended to sell the U.S. Capitol?

Mr. DeFazio, thank you very much. You clearly pointed out the dichotomy between the Democratic proposal, which is one of building and creating and putting together a society and an economy that actually works, and the Republicans seem to…

It is about jobs. There are very few economists-- except maybe some that supported the proposal that the Republicans put together today--but nearly every economist in this Nation said the only way we will ever get this Nation back to a…

Mr. Perlmutter, you are so very correct. The American Dream, you laid it out there so well--job, family, home, ability to take care, kids off to school, good health care--the American Dream. When you get old, you've got Medicare, you have…

Excuse me. You said that Arizona has a balanced budget amendment in their Constitution and somehow they balance their budget.