I commend my good friends, Mr. Tiberi and Mr. Neal for recognizing the urgency of working on these issues.

I would like to thank Chairman Tiberi and would also like to thank Mr. Neal as well for their outstanding work.

I thank the gentlelady from Connecticut and the dean of our delegation, the deaness, I should say, for her tireless work and advocacy on the part of not only the citizens of the Third Congressional District of Connecticut but across this…

Thank you, Mr. Baca of California, and I thank the Hartford-Hannibal connection. I want to thank Representative Luetkemeyer for his tireless work and effort in making this bill possible for the great institutions that both he and…

Let me rise and commend the efforts of Chris Van Hollen and the Budget Committee and rise in full support of their balanced and fair document that emphasizes shared sacrifice. Let me say to my Republican colleagues that this appears to us…

On rollcall No. 143, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 2 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. Cleaver The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Yoder). The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the…

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 I was not present for rollcall vote No. 135. If I had been present I would have voted ``aye.''

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 590 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 553 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to…

I hope that the administration--I think, as you listen to the Members here--get a strong sense of the importance of--as you have underlined yourself, how important and vital this issue is.

On Tuesday, December 13, 2011, I missed rollcall 918. Had I present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes…

I come from a insurance capital of the world, and--we like to think--and also--so it is vitally important here, with respect to Japan and the whole Japan Post issue that has been so critical.

What is unique about this and historic has already been well established in studies...

I thank the Chairman. As much as I would like to stay with him, like him, I also have another meeting...

By collective enterprise I mean this: From the grassroots up, the local community has bought into this...

and Congressman Mark Amodei for being a cosponsor.

Oral statement on H.R. 2504

I would also like to thank Congressman Joe Heck for introducing this important piece of legislation

I thank the gentleman from California. I thank him for his leadership on this issue, as he has repeatedly taken to this floor in talking about what I think is thematically something that America is in tune with, and that's the…

On October 5, 2011, I was not present for rollcall votes 747-759 due to the death of a close family friend. If I had been present for these votes, I would have voted: ``aye'' on rollcall vote 747; ``aye'' on rollcall vote 748; ``aye'' on…

I was unfortunately unable to cast a vote on rollcall 745 on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 4, 2011. Had I been able to vote on H.R. 2608, I would have voted ``yea'' on its passage. ____________________

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 411 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

I am concerned, however, that if the United States doesn't supply various types of technology in commercial adaptation, that we run the risk of having other nations--I come from a state that is a fuel cell sector state, and we see with the…

We are going to see the opportunity for an industrial renaissance.

I think all of you are in agreement, in terms of the need for comprehensive tax reform and how that would benefit, overall, all of our industries.