If there were a Hippocratic oath of legislating, it would prescribe that we, above all else, should do no harm, but we have a habit of violating that foundational precept. We have allowed unemployment insurance to 1.3 million Americans to…

Let me just be a little uplifting today. I rise today to wish my friends and colleagues a happy Diwali. Diwali is this Sunday, November 3, and it signifies the start of the lunar new year. The festival of Diwali is a rich cultural history…

I support this process, and I hope my colleagues will support my efforts to make it the permanent solution to the debt crisis. I urge a ``no'' vote on the resolution, but I support this process that allows it. {time} 1815

I want to thank my colleague for yielding time to me. I rise in opposition to this resolution, but I am strongly in favor of the process that we are using to deal with the debt limit. There is a difference. If this resolution to force an…

As our past Senator Inouye would have said, mahalo, sister. Mr. Speaker, I come here from California. My friend, Ms. Hanabusa, comes from the islands of Hawaii. All of us here in this body came here to do things that will make our country…

I want to thank the gentlelady from Hawaii. I just have to say offhandedly that this is a wonderful, candid interchange, one that needs to be heard, witnessed, and participated in because the way the rules of the House are set up, there is…

Yes. I just want to close by thanking you for this opportunity. The gentleman and I are both educators. And educators know one thing: how to ask a question and come to a logical conclusion. And the logical conclusion right now is that we…

It is a dampening effect. I think people are less likely to invest, even though there is a great faith in the kinds of activities we have in Silicon Valley. I think those who have the resources to make the investments, they are going to be…

I want to thank you, my friend, for this opportunity and this dialogue. It is a shame that we don't have the same dialogue across the aisle, but our rules prohibit us from being able to create that dialogue and debate in front of this…

That is true. Mr. Takano, as you know, I represent a majority of the area that is commonly called ``Silicon Valley.'' We were doing relatively well with the shutdown; however, government contracts, entrepreneurship are going to be…

I thank my friend for leading this group, and also providing the rest of the country the understanding and the idea that there's work being done here. There are creative minds in Congress that are looking at the issue of manufacturing and…

Thank you, my friend. I want to add my thanks to you for convening this group and being joined by my good friends from Texas, the gentleman from San Antonio and the gentlelady from Houston. The comments I want to make to the Speaker are…