To say to the gentleman from Texas, my heart sits where his hearts sits--with American workers and American products. We build the best products in the world. There is absolutely no reason not to purchase the best products in the world to…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 100 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 100 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

To thank my friend for his well wishes and to tell him I am sympathetic to the hamster wheel scenario that he describes. I don't particularly enjoy these opening weeks of a new Congress, Mr. Speaker, because committees haven't gotten…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

I have got a heavy heart because I feel like, in just the short time you and I have been in this body, we have seen the same story play out more than once. You would like to think that we would all learn from our mistakes in this body. In…

I appreciate my colleague from Illinois yielding to me. If Phil Crane were sitting here on the front row tonight, he wouldn't have any idea who I am, but when you do great things, you don't ever know who those efforts, who that toiling…

I appreciate the recognition. I appreciate you staying with me into the evening tonight. I wish I could tell you I was bringing you good news, but I am bringing you some bad news. It is bad news that you have already heard. I have the most…

I want you to hear that. We had a chance here. Republicans run this show. If we wanted to just jam something through, we could, but, when we talk about energy independence, we are not talking about Republicans and Democrats. We are talking…

You may not know, Madam Speaker, but my friend from Nebraska is the author of the Northern Route Approval Act. It is one of those bills that passed here with a bipartisan majority, and it is in this package. It is in this underlying…

I thank my friend from Nebraska. We are all Bulldogs in Georgia, even those folks who went to the trade school in downtown Atlanta known as Georgia Tech. We are Bulldogs at heart. I want to thank you for leading this hour tonight because…

I thank my colleague on the Rules Committee, my friend from Oklahoma, for yielding. I am not sure what it is that is happening here on this floor right now because the bill that is before us that everyone is rising to object to is the bill…

I appreciate you being down with me here tonight. It took me awhile to get my materials over here because the topic I have tonight is the topic of what this House has been doing to make a difference in the life of families across this…