Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of the amendment to add funding back to title X from my colleagues Congresswoman Lowey and Congresswoman DeLauro, who have always been fierce advocates for women's health, and I am thrilled…

Just an extension of what Mr. Rokita referred to, would you say that it is not responsible for us to hold the lifting of the debt ceiling hostage...

Individuals who have to go to the emergency room to get their health care which is part of that $43 billion is not inactivity.

So it is risky and potentially reckless to cut too deeply.

It has been 6 weeks now since Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives, and we have yet to see a single job-creation bill brought to the House floor. Indeed, just last week we spent roughly 10 hours debating a primary…

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

There is a way to keep these individuals who are very, very likely to re-offend confined.

The $62 billion in savings to which I just referred: Is that separate and distinct from the $125 billion in savings included in the budget related to program integrity?

I am quite proud, along with my colleague, Ms. Adams, that our home State is fully compliant.

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

It should have been a priority to issue that report annually since 2008 regardless of whether the appropriations were made.

This looks like a plan to me.

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 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…

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

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?

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.

I am really not understanding why you don't have a specific proposal because... the National Strategy is deficient.

And can you address my budget proposal question?

I think it is important to address the notion of job killing versus job creating. We've heard a lot of talk about the title of this bill and the jobs that it supposedly kills. But let's look at the facts here though. Of the 1.1 million…

I solemnly rise in support of this resolution. We come together today in tribute to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and all of the innocent victims of a deranged gunman's actions in Tucson, Arizona. This past weekend, our Nation witnessed…

But I rise today to offer H. Res. 1522, expressing support for designation of the last week of September, this year being the week of September 26, as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week and the last Wednesday of September…

Mr. Speaker, Dr. Robert M. Campbell has dedicated his life to providing children with life-saving medical care. I first learned about Dr. Campbell's work when a little boy in my district named Devin Alfonso was given a terminal diagnosis…