In the last year of the Bush administration, the Department of Defense, under President Bush, authorized a 450 percent increase in the number of waivers we grant to this Nation's Buy America law, allowing in just 1 year thousands of…

In 2007 President Bush allowed for 14,000 waivers to our Buy America laws. In 2008, on his way out the door, that number became 65,000. Let me say that again: in the last year of the Bush administration, he quadrupled the number of permits…

Over the last several months, I have visited factory floors in Burlington, Meriden, and Waterbury, Connecticut, and the news is good. Orders are returning; revenue is up; access to capital is coming back. And we have seen it in the…

First, let me express my thanks to Mr. Andrews, to the committee, and to the ranking members for all of their work by bringing this bipartisan bill to the floor today. My amendment is similar, but I think it adds a very important…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 7 offered by Mr. Murphy of Connecticut: Page 60, line 19, insert…

Again, thank you, Mr. Andrews, for working with us on this. Mr. Chair, all of us who represent small manufacturers have heard the stories as they seek to compete with companies that are underpricing them from China, Asia, and across the…

We need to pass financial reform, and it's time for Republicans to stop standing in the way. When I'm home in Connecticut and talk to my neighbors and constituents, I never hear anybody disagree with me about the need to reform Wall…

In New Britain, Connecticut, on Sunday, over 1,000 people came together at Sacred Heart Catholic Church to mourn the 96 public servants, diplomats and military leaders who died in the tragic plane crash in Poland. This tragedy has shocked…

There is one group of people we don't talk about enough with respect to the health insurance debate. That is young people. They're the most likely group of people in this country to go uninsured, but they get sick, and when they get sick…

The people I represent in Connecticut, those who buy their health insurance on the individual market, are bearing the burden of a 20 percent rate hike in a recession. Who's getting this 20 percent? It's not the patients, it's not my…

First of all, let me extend my sincerest thanks to the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Scott, for bringing this bill to the floor with such speed, and then let me extend additional thanks to the chairman of the full committee, Mr…

We could have ideological differences over an issue like health care or energy policy, but what maybe was the most remarkable to me over the course of the last year was to see that divide between Republicans and Democrats happen on the…