Ron Klein

I rise today to recognize Retired Lieutenant Colonel Leo Gray, a resident of Dania Beach and one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary African American fighter pilots of World War II. As you know, February is Black History Month…

As we've been working on this for the last number of months, in speaking to people at home, to economists, to experts, to businesspeople from the Reagan administration or from the Clinton administration, and to everything in between, I…

I rise today as we begin National Cancer Prevention Month to honor an extraordinary member of our south Florida community, Mrs. Nancy Brinker. Nancy is the founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the largest charity in the world. Named…

I rise today to honor the State of Israel on its 60th birthday. Since its inception in 1948, Israel has shared with the United States and the people of the United States an unbreakable bond of democratic freedom and a hope for security and…

The cost per day that the war is costing us, if you will, $339 million per day. That is a staggering amount of money. Now, again, I'm not here to say that we don't have to fight wars, or don't have to do the necessary things to protect…

I thank the gentleman, and being from Iowa, and obviously one of our farm States, you have a direct understanding of what the cost of food production is and for farmers, the cost of fuel and the cost that is just driving the inflation…

Well, as we begin to wind down, we started this discussion about the impact of Iraq and the economy, and the economy and Iraq. And I think we started it from the beginning saying this country, we Americans have spent $600 billion on this…

good evening. It is a pleasure to be here tonight on behalf of the freshman class. It certainly has been an honor to serve here this last year, and to be joined by Mr. Hall of New York, and a number of other Members who are going to join…

Well, I would certainly pick up on that because one of the first things that this Congress did, with our freshman class encouraging the way, was to say that we were going to change the way Congress paid for and spent the American…

And these are certainly the questions that our country is wrestling with right now, and as I turn it back over to Mr. Braley, I will just mention again that on the economy side of this thing, and I think about the people back home and what…

Yes, I do come from the Sunshine State, and the sun does come out every day, and it's a wonderful place to live. My wife and I have lived there for many years, and a lot of people in your districts come down and eventually retire there…

Thank you for laying out as you did. It's very easy to understand the way you just explain it. I will just mention another item that we did pass last year as we saw this coming on. The question is what is Congress doing. What are we doing…

Our whole country can move together, forward together in such a way that benefits all of us and enhances our national security. So I am looking forward to opening up a whole new economy. The naysayers are saying we can't afford what is…

You know, it's funny, as the gentleman was talking about our children, I look back and think when I was growing up, and you would drive down the road, and people would just, when they were done with a bag of food, they would just throw it…

Well, I agree with you. And if you think about the bills that we passed, this one and the other one, the other bill we passed, in addition to increasing the fuel efficiency for automobiles, which I think is long overdue, also creates…

Well, I hope that as we are all discussing this today, it's clear that the level of deep understanding of this issue from my colleagues here and many on the floor of the United States House of Representatives today really gives you the…

Absolutely. And as a matter of fact, we had a discussion in our Financial Services Committee today. I am on the Financial Services Committee with you. And we heard Mr. Bernanke, who is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who is really…

Thank you, Congressman, and I appreciate, I know you come from the Midwest and obviously dealing at this time of the year with the oil costs for people that have to heat their homes and to drive cars, this is a very serious issue. As we…

It's a pleasure to be here. I'm going to be joined by a number of the members of the freshmen class, and I appreciate the Speaker being one of our Members from Ohio. We have a great group of Members from all over the United States who were…

I certainly call on those in the other body, the Senate, to also think boldly about energy independence and help us pass this bill as fast as possible. When the Senate passes the energy bill, we as Americans urge the President of the…

our economy is in trouble, and millions of hardworking American families are feeling the impact as we speak. Since 2001, the real income of a typical working family has fallen by $2,500, and workers' wages have failed to keep up with the…

Thank you. I think both of you were talking about two priorities of our country and the shortfalls and where we need to be, where we've been, and where we are going as a country. And I think we look at ourselves, and you hear this in the…

I am an eternal optimist, like everyone in the Chamber, Democrats and Republicans. I feel the American people are up to the challenge. We are up to sacrifice. And we're going to do this. And we will convince the administration along the…

And to further your point, the supply is indefinite. It's infinite. It's perpetual. It's forever. Oil is not. And it's not a question of whether there is going to be enough oil on the ground for the next generation; it's the question of…