I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his tremendous leadership as the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee and for bringing to that debate and that discussion at the table the values of the American people and the…

You can't touch entitlements.

There are three big issues for 2012 as far as we're concerned. Medicare, Medicare, and Medicare.

We do not support cuts in benefits for Social Security and Medicare. Do not consider Social Security a piggy bank for giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country.

[t]he limited nature of this engagement allows the President to go forward, as the President has the authority he needs.

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Thornberry). The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

It is 6 o'clock across America, or at least in the eastern time zone. Families across America are getting ready to sit down for dinner at their kitchen tables in many homes in our country. Moms are saying to their children, ``Eat your…

Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Madam Chair, Madam Ambassador, Congresswoman, many titles, great leader. Thank you all very much for being at the Capitol today and thank you for your ongoing work on behalf of our country. I am honored…

Thank you, Mr. Levin, for your compliment to my great State of California. Mr. Speaker, when I first heard this legislation was coming to the floor, I anticipated with some positive thoughts of, yes, this is the right thing to do. America…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his leadership and working with Congressman Walter Jones on this bipartisan amendment, which has been brought to the floor. They have worked again in a bipartisan way, in a patriotic…

As the Speaker takes the chair, I join him in commending to the House the spiritual leadership of Father Patrick Conroy. Speaker Boehner, I wish to associate myself with your remarks so beautifully explaining how proud we are that Father…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this very important issue, important in having an immediate impact on America's families. They are feeling the pain at the pump. Our families, our workers, our small businesses…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his very kind words. I thank you for yielding your Special Order that you have practically every night that Congress is in session to talk about jobs for the American people and to, instead, allow…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his ongoing leadership on issues that relate to privacy and the health of America's women. Madam Speaker, today is approximately the 120th day of the Republican majority in the Congress…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for bringing a budget proposal to the floor today that is a statement of our national values and about what we care about: investing in our children…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him and the members of the Budget Committee for their hard work to bring legislation to the floor to enable us to have this debate yesterday and today and I think for a…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. As is very evident by the response to your remarks in praise of Father Coughlin, if there's one thing that Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives agree on, it is that God has truly…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her forceful leadership in promoting women's health. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, when I was in high school--a long time ago--I participated in an extemporaneous debate contest. One of the…

In support of consumer choice, innovation and economic growth, and a free and open Internet, I oppose the repeal of net neutrality rules. In the wake of extraordinary movements for reform and human rights in the Middle East--organized…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his leadership in this debate this afternoon. I have been listening to it very intently. I heard the debate on the rule this morning and then the debate this afternoon. Some questions…

You were in the pocket of Republicans at that time and suggested that you had a financial conflict of interest.

create 4 million jobs--400,000 jobs almost immediately.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his hard work to help keep the government open. While many of us will not agree on the legislation before us today, we know it is necessary for us to proceed. So I don't rise to…

I am pleased to join the Speaker of the House to honor a committed public servant, a woman of this House, a key thread in the fabric of the congressional staff, who retires today after 54 years of service: Pat Kelly. Fifty-four years of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time and for presenting the Dicks substitute, which was not allowed to come to the floor, but nonetheless I salute him for his leadership in that regard. Madam Speaker, Members of Congress agree, I think…