Thank you, Mr. Leader, for yielding. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for giving the House this opportunity to speak this afternoon about this despicable crime. I thank the distinguished majority leader for his remarks, and I associate myself with…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I congratulate the Budget Committee for the hard work that you have done. I wish we had more than 10 minutes on each side to discuss the House Democratic budget, but so it is. Here we are, about to leave…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also thank him for his leadership on issues that relate to the health and well-being of the American people. I also commend the leadership of the previous speaker, Mr Waxman, and our ranking member on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his relentless and persistent leadership in helping America's seniors, today manifested in his support for the SGR and his opposition to this ill-designed approach by the Republicans…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his leadership on this important issue to him. To Mr. Levin and members of the Ways and Means Committee, thank you for making clear what the stakes are in this vote on the floor today…

To unleash the power of women in the workplace and in our society is to strengthen America.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I commend her for her longstanding and strong support and respect for women, for their judgment, for the size and timing of their families, for when women succeed, America succeeds. And Congresswoman…

She has a much Steadier hill to climb in a year that should be leaning Republican.

Their campaign to undermine the Bureau is nothing more than a disservice to our Nation's consumers and our men and women in uniform.

I am truly proud of the CFPB's outstanding success on behalf of our Nation's active duty military, restoring more than $12.5 million to servicemembers.

I thank the gentlelady from New York for yielding, our ranking member on the Rules Committee, and thank her and our colleagues on that committee for trying so hard to have this rule contain an amendment that will allow us to vote on the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Fattah, for taking this Special Order as part of the Congressional Black Caucus period of mourning for President Mandela. I was so proud that so many members from the CBC, Mr. McDermott, and others went to South…

Today, the President put forth some conversation about the Affordable Care Act that focuses especially on women's health. I am absolutely delighted to come to the floor to address that issue in that--and I hope every woman in America…

Understanding the rules of the House, nonetheless I would like to say how honored we all are that our special guests, led by Eliseo Medina, are here as part of the Fast for Families. I want to join the distinguished former chair of the…

we have to pass it before we know what is in it.

I thank the gentleman for calling this Special Order. Congress has adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday, but I thank you for staying so that we can acknowledge and observe the 50th anniversary of a great loss for our country. My…

Thank you, Mr. Keating. I thank you for yielding. I thank you and Mr. Capuano and the members of the Massachusetts delegation for bringing us together to honor a wonderful friend to all of us. Mr. Speaker, in late 1979, the legendary…

Radel's arrest could humanize this issue for some.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his kind words. It is just that I have been here such a long time, when I first came to Congress, the mere mention of the word ``AIDS'' on the floor was something I thought was the most natural…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend him for his great leadership in helping to pass the Affordable Care Act, honoring the vows of our Founders for liberty, the freedom to pursue their happiness. It is life, liberty, pursuit…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his leadership and that of the full Rules Committee on having to field some really strange notions masquerading as proposals to improve the lives of the American people. We see a lot of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on so many issues. Mr. Chairman, as you know, the debates that we have on the floor of the House affect millions of Americans: families, senior citizens, veterans, students, and…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and for her great leadership as our ranking member on the Appropriations Committee. I also thank her for bringing us together this evening. Madam Speaker, we have been, all along, 200 House Democratic…

Why are they doing this to the American people?

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I associate myself with his remarks. I thank him for his extraordinary leadership in trying to keep the government open. Mr. Speaker, this is--what?--the eighth day of the Republican shutdown of…