A week ago the City of Bridgeport lost a friend, spiritual leader and powerful force for good in the community. Bishop Kenneth H. Moales, whose humble origins in Father Panik Village public housing foreshadowed little of his lifelong…

I wonder if we aren't loose in the way we use the word ``hero.'' We sometimes call those who die unexpectedly, innocents who are killed, heroes. I wonder if in doing so we don't cheapen the extent to which the word ``hero'' must be applied…

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the Social Security program, two things are very clear. First, the program which keeps fully half of our seniors from living in poverty must be preserved and sustained for the long run. Second…

A sincere thank you to the gentleman from Massachusetts for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I too rise in strong support of H.R. 1722, the Telework Improvements Act. We have heard articulated today a set of very powerful…

8 million jobs gone; $17 trillion in savings gone; Americans' faith in their system gone. Why? Because mortgages that came in 31 flavors of insanity got bought by Americans who couldn't afford them. Banks tied them in a bow and put AAA…

My understanding is also that, consistent with the overall intent not to subject commercial firms to financial regulation, section 604 provides that an existing savings and loan holding company with both financial and nonfinancial…

One of the most disheartening aspects of the flotilla situation was the extent to which the facts were initially set aside by much of the world, and instead, prejudice was allowed to emerge, a prejudice against our ally, Israel. And we…

In my 16 months in Congress, the most challenging thing I have had to do has not had to do with energy or health care or our economy. The hardest thing I have had to do has been to stand in front of 700 Connecticut National Guard troops…

We all know that the earthquake which struck Haiti in January was the worst cataclysm to hit the island nation in over two centuries. What you may not know, and what I would like to recognize today, is the role that sister-city…

It's not even 3 years since Bear Stearns landed flat on its back, that Lehman Brothers landed flat on its back, that AIG contributed to a destruction of our economy which resulted in the destruction of $17 trillion of the household wealth…

I am appalled that at this moment when we are here to honor our veterans the minority would bring their politics and their misinformation. And though I am appalled, while we are talking about veterans I will not stand here while that…

I thank the gentleman for bringing the discussion back to its proper topic of the honoring that this House and that the people of America can do for our veterans. I thank the gentleman for that, and would like to note to this gentleman…

For a long time I have started discussions about health care with the phrase, ``Setting aside the moral dimension, let's talk about the costs and the need to bring down costs.'' I want to come back to that moral dimension. I want to come…

Here we are a day away from a very big vote. The bill has been read, the details have been debated, the amendments have been offered, the fights have been fought, the misinformation has been peddled. But now we are left with the facts. We…

I rise with a certain amount of outrage tonight because we are debating a resolution that, just to remind this House, expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all people of the United States should participate in a moment…

Despite the economic pain felt by so many American families, we've seen something truly amazing in the extent to which Americans have come together to address the tragedy of our brothers and sisters in Haiti. I'm proud to stand here this…

To me, this is a question really of intelligent regulation, which is driven in my way of thinking by a couple of principles.

Thank you on behalf of the other people in my district for taking this job. It is an enormous challenge, and hats off.

Would you support ending the ban on small tools?

Madam Secretary, I am interested in your views on the TSA-prohibited items list and the methodology used to determine what is prohibited.

I appreciate that. It really is sort of particularly sharp when we don't have regional governmental structures as we don't in Connecticut.