I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on fairness for growing the economy, for reducing the deficit and for creating jobs, because that is some of what is done in this bill. I think I want to use my time to…

I thank the gentlelady from California, the distinguished chair of the subcommittee on this important issue, for her leadership on ending discrimination in how we defend our country. I want to salute Steny Hoyer, our distinguished…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving us this opportunity this evening to come to the floor of the House on behalf of many children in America. It is one of those evenings when we can associate ourselves very directly with the…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding and thank him for giving us this opportunity to talk about Liu Xiaobo on the floor of the House today. I especially want to thank Chris Smith, the gentleman from New Jersey, Frank Wolf, Dana…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. I commend him for his great leadership in terms of working and being a champion for America's working families, for America's middle-income families who need so much help at this time of…

I thank the chairman, and I thank Congresswoman McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, Congressman Jim McGovern, all for their leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor today. I especially want to acknowledge the exceptional…

I thank the gentleman, but I, in turn, want to salute Congressman Peter King, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Jerry Nadler, and the entire bipartisan New York delegation for giving us this opportunity today to do what is right…

Every month, we take the time to pause here on the House floor and honor our men and women in uniform for their service. Today, we have an opportunity to do the same for those who serve in our intelligence community. These officers are…

I thank our distinguished chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the recognition and for his yielding time. I thank him for his leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor. I thank Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania and Mr. Ryan of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank the distinguished chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for bringing this important legislation to the floor, working closely with the distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I thank him for giving us the opportunity to vote this evening on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. I thank you and Congresswoman Maloney for your leadership on this issue, as well…

Our distinguished majority leader referenced that we had a special guest here today. I want to acknowledge the presence of Mr. Minnick's guest, Corporal Randal Wright. He lost both legs and a hand in Afghanistan. I think it's important…