U.S. innovation policy includes patent law, antitrust, tax and immigration. I don't see it separately.

Exportation of jobs offshore for cheap labor is increasingly a highlighted issue in this country.

I do not think the systems are working the way we think they are from up here.

the real problem I am running into is the number of schools that the young people end up going to while they are homeless, and they lose credit.

I think one thing that there is a consensus on is that legislators, Members of Congress, are not exempted from insider trading.

I just want to be clear that FHA remains the only source of mortgage credit for most Americans today.

I do oppose any attempt to use the current challenges facing FHA as an excuse to dismantle, defund or otherwise destabilize this critical housing program.

I worked across the aisle with then-Ranking Members Capito and Bachus on the FHA Reform Act, which passed the House on a bipartisan vote of 406-4.

Now is the time to strengthen FHA, not to weaken it.

Well, I guess my first thought is the reservoirs were built for flood control. And that is the way--that is--should be the primary purpose.

I view any proposed changes in IP and copyright law as an opportunity to examine whether changes will expand opportunities for women and minority entrepreneurs.

The practices of our community banks had little to do with causing our financial crisis. Therefore, while I believe that we should take a smart approach toward the regulation of small banks in order to spur economic activity and produce…

We cannot solve the problems of today with the failed approaches of yesterday.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am very pleased that we have bipartisan support for this legislation. It has been stated over and over again that access to capital is extremely important to our businesses, and small businesses…

Many of us are very, very sympathetic to the homeowners who are underwater.

Thank you very much. Today, I'm delivering what is known as #ourspeech--a speech composed of words solely from my followers and friends on Facebook who posted their thoughts about the economy and jobs online. This is a part of my effort to…

Thank you very much. I'm very appreciative, Congressman, for your taking this time out on the floor this evening and sharing this time with your colleagues to talk about the American Jobs Act. What I'm going to say will take a little bit…

I thank you. That is well said. You are absolutely correct. And the young people are waiting on us to act. They are burdened with debt. They can't get careers started. They can't get families started. This will be very helpful to them. The…

I am very concerned about whether or not H.R. 3010 would rewrite the Administrative Procedure Act and change the way that all United States agency rulemaking is conducted for the sole purpose of making it nearly impossible for any agency…

I thank my friend from Michigan, Congressman Sander Levin, for the time. I rise to oppose this so-called free trade agreement. I find it deeply disturbing that the United States Congress is even considering a free trade agreement with a…

Meanwhile the taxpayers are paying the cost for retention of everybody in these removal proceedings.

It would be what? In a legal limbo.

The FDIC was closing them so fast they couldn't keep up with them.

What it does is it allows us to focus more of our limited resources on the high priority cases.

The Administration's response to date simply hasn't been bold enough.