We will see you at the third annual congressional women's softball game next year. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I rise to share some news with the Members of the House. Members of the House, we thought it only right to continue our efforts to have the women show up the men. Our bipartisan congressional women's softball team had another…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of provisions contained in H.R. 3962, which will temporarily fix the Sustainable Growth Rate--or SGR--formula. This legislation will undo the twenty-one percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to…

And add to that, on top of that, the Republicans allowing the PAYGO statute and the PAYGO rules to expire. A big part of the reason--under the budget that was passed by President Clinton, we adopted under a Democratic administration…

Would the gentleman yield on that example? Because let's tell them how they slowed that process down. It's not only that they were not voting for the America COMPETES Act, which by any measure will create literally millions, potentially…

Mr. Speaker, I am happy to report that we continue to see steady economic growth in our country. The work that we have done here in this very Chamber and the work that our President has done to ensure our economic turnaround is making a…

And using that free market base for innovation and investment in alternative energy is going to take us right through the 21st century. We are risking, without passing that legislation and making sure that we can spark those significant…

Mr. Tonko, as the parent of twin fifth- graders, I can tell you that my fifth-graders often scratch their heads and wonder, Mom, what the heck are your colleagues on the other side of the aisle doing? They wonder why they only focus on the…

And we're doing it without our friends on the other side of the aisle, which is really just so incredibly disappointing. I mean, I have seen our leadership reach across the aisle time and again and ask our Republican colleagues to come to…

Yes, you did. You did, as a matter of fact. And my fifth-graders and first-grader will be back tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that. Maybe we can send them over to the other side of the Chamber, and they can shake things up a little bit…

Mr. Speaker, first, before she departs the Chamber, let me just say what an absolute pleasure it was to travel to the Middle East with the gentlelady from Wyoming. Mrs. Lummis was a pleasure to have as a companion. She was inquisitive. The…