We have to pass it so we can read it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving us all this opportunity to speak about what is happening on the floor today. It's happening just as we have returned from 2 weeks with our constituents, listening to them talk about core…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I want to rise to sing the praises of our Democratic members on the House Budget Committee, led by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen). Thank you for bringing us a balanced budget to the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his tireless efforts on behalf of America's workers and for his attempts to bring to the floor a bipartisan transportation bill, as has been the custom in our House and as we do have…

I thank the Speaker for yielding. I am proud to join him to honor the long and distinguished service of the House Parliamentarian, John Sullivan. For 25 years, as has been said, he has served the House with distinction and dignity…

I thank the distinguished ranking member of the Budget Committee for yielding to tell him how proud he makes us all for his important work in constructing a Democratic alternative to the Republican budget, that is, Mr. Van Hollen's budget…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I couldn't resist the opportunity to come to the floor to speak on the situation that we have before us. I thank the gentleman from West Virginia for his ongoing leadership in terms of bipartisanship and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I appreciate his leadership for helping us honor what our Founders put forth in our founding documents, which is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And that is exactly what the Affordable Care…

I support my local food bank, and I know they are struggling right now to meet the needs of my community.

Thank you, Mr. Roe, for yielding. I thank you and I thank our colleague, Congresswoman Christensen, for taking this Special Order today so that we can sing the praises of a great man, our colleague, dear friend, precious person, Donald…

We have to pass this law to figure out what is in it.

The House has lost a distinguished friend and a distinguished colleague in the gentleman from New Jersey.

He is always a source of strength to us, putting in perspective the fragility of life.

There are very few people that you can say 'someone like Donald Payne,' because he was exceptional and unique.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the legislation and commend Congresswoman Sewell and Congresswoman Roby for their leadership in bringing this to the floor and giving us the opportunity to speak about…

I believe that the President and Secretary Sebelius can and will achieve a workable balance.

Sacrificing the rights and needs of women, and of the public health, by removing the requirement for these critical services... is neither wise nor is it constitutional.

I fear that those who continue to object... truly seek to block women's access to contraceptive services altogether.

I urge all of my colleagues to set partisan politics aside for a moment and consider carefully the accommodations that the Administration has proposed.

The Constitution does not grant them that right and, in fact, guards against that risk.

We have to pass it so we can read it.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his relentless and persistent advocacy on behalf of a thriving middle class in our country and his work to ensure that we would have this payroll tax cut as well as the extension of…

This will allow us to put people back to work rebuilding and modernizing our schools, roads, and bridges.

We must build on this fragile recovery. We cannot go back to the policies that put us in this mess.

The President's budget does that.