On October 29, Hurricane Sandy--a 1,000- mile-wide storm--struck the northeastern portion of America, including the State of Connecticut. Ninety-mile-an-hour winds arrived at 9 o'clock that night, coinciding with high tide, flooding…

The great Hall of Fame Coach Vince Lombardi once said that ``Winners never quit, and quitters never win.'' I was reminded of that quote when the House Republican leadership announced last Friday that they are canceling all session days for…

Thank you for the series of hearings, starting with the industrial workforce and leading up to today's hearing this morning.

One of the great football coaches in American history was Vince Lombardi, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who, again, was very famous for his inspiring speeches to his players and to his staff. And one of his most famous quotes was: Winners…

I fully embrace the principle that anyone who served this country is deserving of high-quality health care for the rest of their life.

But I think if we are serious about not having the sequester but equally serious about balancing the budget...

I am going to vote no, because I think for us to walk away from our responsibilities... is not very responsible.

In a few short hours, a giant in the State of Connecticut, Coach Jim Calhoun, is going to announce his retirement after 26 years of leading the men's basketball program. When he arrived 26 years ago, it was an also-ran program. Today, he…

It is. Thank you for, again, taking the time tonight to speak on the floor of the House. This is a place where the eyes not only of the country but the world are on us right now in terms of whether or not this body is going to have the…

Thank you for taking the time tonight to really set the record straight on a lot of these issues. I would note that Bloomberg News actually did a fact check of the Clinton speech the other night and basically came back and gave it a clean…

Six nights ago, we saw someone get on the floor of the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, and very methodically and with great clarity explain exactly the points that we're talking about here tonight. President Bill Clinton, someone…

And I would just say that the inaction of this leadership--today we received an ominous warning from Moody's Investor Services which warned that basically that Congress's failure to strike a deal on the fiscal cliff some time within the…

It is of course. And again, another example of a measure that really is just teed up and ready for action in the House is the postal reform. We have a postal system right now which is both technically and substantively in bankruptcy. The…

And just to follow up on that point, again, the Senate farm bill included within it disaster relief assistance--not just for a short period of time, but for 5 years. Again, the House did bring up a so-called ``disaster relief'' bill right…

I think, as Moody's indicated, with the fiscal cliff at the end of this year and with the sequestration on January 1, there really is only one place where this can get resolved, and it's right here in this room. There are ideas that are on…

90 percent of the Members in both Chambers oppose sequestration, we should roll up our sleeves and avoid it.

Just to kind of put the period on that is that right now the House Republican leadership is looking like we've only got 8 days of real, full floor action for the whole month of September. Again, incredibly, after basically leaving town and…

This week, I think we are going to see the impact outside of the beltway, because it's my understanding that over 30 to 50 groups are going to be converging on Washington, advocates of American agriculture ranging from the real traditional…

sequestration should not happen.

I think your last point about the fact that we are now at a place where the Democratic minority is finding itself in a position where they really have almost no choice but to seek a discharge petition. The fact is is that this week the…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Here we are today on September 10, 5 weeks since Speaker Boehner pushed through a motion to recess for 5 weeks at a time when our Nation faces so many challenges, so many ticking clocks in terms of must-do items…

To follow up on that point, one of the aspects of this farm bill which I think is actually so exciting is that there's a major reform in terms of how we're going to reduce, to some degree, the American taxpayers' liability for crop…

And it is a shame because really, if you look at the U.S. economy right now, particularly in terms of balance of trade, agriculture is probably the brightest spot, even with all the challenges that have happened this summer. I mean, export…

Thank you, Mr. Courtney, and I thank you for conducting this hearing. I would just like to again walk through a few points with the witnesses.

the Speaker was actually boasting in public that he got 98 percent of what he wanted in terms of negotiations with the White House.