I think that when casting aspersions about the lack of a plan, they should look inward first.

I lament that the Adam Walsh Act was significantly underfunded overall.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H. Res. 72. It's been five weeks since the House Republican leadership convened the 112th Congress. But we've yet to see any legislation brought to the floor to spur job creation, as they promised…

Just by way of comparison, would you say that unemployment compensation, a payroll tax holiday, other kinds of policies that put money directly into the hands of lower-income individuals, would provide more bang for the buck for the…

So potentially if we cut too much too quick and we have the expiration of the Recovery Act funds, with the State and local governments facing significant deficits to start with, couldn't we endanger the recovery?

Isn't it likely that the combination of all of those things would result in the recovery slowing as opposed to quickening?

So that fact, coupled with draconian cuts proposed, for example, in Chairman Ryan's plan, which is like an anti-Recovery Act, would you give us a sense whether you think large spending cuts like that right away would be an additional drain…

I think he is exactly wrong in terms of both his explanation related to the Recovery Act and its impact as well as what are the policies that provide us with the biggest bang for our buck.

And, on health care, the Affordable Care Act included numerous provisions to contain costs by moving from a payment system that rewards quantity to one rewards quality, and value and efficiency.

Rape is when a woman is forced to have sex against her will. That is whether she is conscious, unconscious, mentally stable, not mentally stable.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart to also honor our first responders killed in the line of duty, two brave south Florida police officers shot and killed just this past week. Miami-Dade County veteran detectives 41-year-old Roger…