Kendrick Meek: “That means if you have a point of order to the Speaker, that is waived, you are out of order. What do you mean point of…”

Madam Speaker, I know that you have heard me before say that bipartisanship is only achieved when the majority allows it. I have said that in the two previous Congresses, hoping that Republican leadership will work with the Democratic…

Families that know what it means to punch in and punch out every day, some individuals that are really struggling in rural Florida, they need that tax credit, they need that assistance.

We are not here drinking the tea. I mean, we are not here saying, Oh, let's just all link up together and flowers falling from the ceiling and all and that we are working in a bipartisan way. What we are doing is saying that we are working…

One of the things I want to bring to the attention of the Committee is that unemployment in Florida is 9.4 percent, and in other parts of the State it's even higher.