Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Thank you so much, Mr. Grayson, for sharing your unique perspective. And, again, it's so incredibly important that we had this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Jewish Americans to American history. And I can tell you, Mr…

Emma Lazarus was by far at the time the leading Jewish literary figure in 19th-century America. And it's her sonnet which was called ``The New Colossus'' that is engraved on the base of the Statute of Liberty: ``Give me your tired, your…

Thank you so much. Ms. Schwartz, I have to tell you that I've heard you share that story before, and I get a lump in my throat every time you tell it. It is so moving and meaningful for you to share that story in the Chamber of the U.S…

Last year, we marked, the Jewish Members, a number of us and some non-Jewish Members, marked Jewish American Heritage Month by taking a trip to the Museum of Jewish Military History, which is based in Washington, D.C., and it was a museum…

Thank you so much, Mr. Perlmutter. We appreciate your contribution to our effort to raise awareness and celebrate the contributions of Jewish Americans to American history. It is now my pleasure to yield to one of our newest Members, who…

The choice that the American people have to continue to go in the direction where we're nurturing our economy and helping it thrive or the direction that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would take us, which is to strangle our…

Yes. So, again, it is about choices. The American people have a choice. It is a very stark contrast. They can side with the people who voted 93 percent in this instance with Wall Street and big corporations and continuing to pad their…

I believe it was approximately 93 percent of Republicans voted against that legislation.

Again, Mr. Tonko, we talk about choices. This is as stark a choice, Mr. Heinrich, as we can illustrate. We could go back to policies that got us in the ditch in the first place and give the keys back to the people who drove us into the…

I think it was none. Goose eggs. And that was the Recovery Act that gave 98 percent of Americans a tax cut, the same one that created a situation where we have the lowest, as you said, the lowest tax bills, the lowest tax rate since 1950…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of H.R. 2843, the Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act. This legislation effectively removes the appointment role of the Architect of the Capitol from the executive branch, placing it in the…

We should note that at this point after a Republican president about 60 percent of district court judges have now been appointed by a Republican president and are presumably tough on crime as the definition is written.

I believe and always have, in judicial discretion.

Why was that concern dropped and never dealt with?

The answer was unsettling. The answer was, 'Well, basically, this is the way we have always done it.'

One of my concerns was that there were more tickets issued than space available in the ticketed areas.

Okay. Well, do you know enough now about how and what happened with the filling of that tunnel so that we do not have 'son of purple tunnel of doom' in 2013?

Well, Chief, what happened? I know barriers did not show up because a truck broke down.

Is it a median or a barrier? It is an enclosed wall?

What you expressed earlier regarding police directing people into the tunnel, there is video of people doing that, of police directing people into that tunnel;

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It's not unexpected that they count just automatically shift over to Obama, because they're not the typical Democratic supporters that just automatically shift over. They need to be wooed. They need to be, you know -- they need to be, um…

So we need to address that issue, but we need to not take it out on Barack Obama, because it was not his fault.

It's not unexpected that they wouldn't just automatically shift over to Obama because they're not the typical Democratic supporters that just automatically shift over. They need to be wooed. They need to be, you know, they need to be won…

It is one thing for them to say that we should do some other things as well, but if we are going to try work in a bipartisan spirit and approach this problem and find a solution together, voting no on anything that doesn't prop up the oil…