Thank you, Ranking Member Ruppersberger. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this very disturbing bill. One thing that is important to keeping our country number one has been the personal freedoms that we have all enjoyed since this…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to talk about the discriminatory voter ID laws that are undemocratic and simply un- American. The American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as ALEC, has long been a secretive collaboration between big…

Then, as if that weren't disturbing enough, this bill would grant the government broad authority to share that information between intelligence and law enforcement agencies and use it for virtually any purpose defined as important to…

Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, a shadowy collection of wealthy businesses and conservative Tea Party Republican State lawmakers is undermining our democracy. Last week I discussed the connection between the American Legislative…

I'd first like to address, Congressman, the issue of taxes and fair taxes. Yesterday, or, actually, the day before yesterday, I stood with a group of ``Fair Taxers,'' people who are recommending the fair tax as an alternative to our…

I'm going to read it. It's the Declaration for Democracy, and it reads as follows: I declare my support for amending the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people undermined by Citizens United and…

Well, I am going to tell you, Congresswoman Woolsey, that's why I am going to hate to see you leave, and I know you have been here for 20 years. That's a long time to be anywhere. You have certainly been an unrelenting spokesperson for…

Yes. I would echo those comments, Congresswoman. You know, Members around here, some folks spend 60, 70 percent of their time, instead of being in committee meetings, they are out making phone calls trying to raise money for their next…

Congresswoman, that was something that has happened this year that perhaps not a lot of people know about is that, under this Republican-controlled 112th Congress, the House has voted to do away with or abolish the $1 checkoff on a tax…

Congresswoman, I agree. I also want to point out that to label folks as Communists and Socialists just because they believe in fairness for the working people of this country is not true, and I think that it should be called out because…

Sir, the next day, a statement was released by the gentleman. The statement was to the effect that the entire membership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are card-carrying members of the Communist Party. I just think that it's…