Have you ever seen the movie ``Fatal Attraction''? It's a great film. The Glenn Close character is so obsessed with Michael Douglas that she does everything within her power to try to win him over, flipping out at the end of the movie by…

And I would like to thank the chairman for his assistance and leadership in bringing this bill forward today. This legislation before us, as Chairman Whitfield stated, is pretty simple. It will allow FERC the permissive authority to allow…

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz. I don't think that we were ever allowed down on the House floor this early. It was normally close to the witching hour when I, Representative Ryan, you, and Representative Meek were…

I thank the ranking member. I rise today to support my amendment, No. 97, originally introduced as the American Jobs Matter Act, that is included in this en bloc package. This amendment will finally allow American manufacturers to compete…

Thank you very much, Mr. Rahall. I rise in support of this motion to instruct. Over the past year, the President and Democrats have proposed a series of measures to spend a little bit of money to put people back to work, to spend some…

The question before the House today was whether we were going to take money for preventive services for women and children and give it to college students. That's a really dumb question. It's not dumb because of the recipient of the money…

As we do here in Congress every time that gas prices rise, Members from both sides of the aisle are quick to blame each other. The reasons we find ourselves with high gas prices today aren't simple, and we should be wary of anyone who's…

I'm so grateful that as we prepare to receive the President tomorrow night for his State of the Union Address that we're going to be joined by our colleague, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The courage that she has shone in her long recovery…

I have listened to a lot of Republicans here on the House floor and back in Connecticut talk about how they think that the only way to build up America is to tear down government and start divesting from our public institutions. That's…

Last week the giant home improvement chain Lowe's decided to pull their ads from a new show on The Learning Channel called ``All-American Muslim.'' Now, this show depicts five Muslim American families of Lebanese descent from Dearborn…

And colleagues, America is not broke; so Republicans should stop saying it. Conservative pundits should stop spreading it, because this country isn't broke. Now, our government temporarily is and millions of American families are, but our…

We need to follow the Senate's lead in passing legislation that will pressure China to stop their unfair monetary policy. China's manipulation of their currency has cost us jobs in Connecticut and around the country. Our workers and…