Abraham Lincoln called upon all of us to remember America's Founding Fathers and, 'Their enlightened belief that nothing stamped with the divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on or degraded and imbruted by its…

The REINS Act is needed to reduce the cost of the flood of regulations, free up businesses to create jobs, and make the Federal Government more accountable.

The Obama administration has under consideration at least 183 regulations that each would impose costs of $100 million or more on the economy.

I appreciate the honor to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives. Listening to my colleagues in the previous hour has been very interesting to me and, I think, informative to the American people at the same time…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. It is a pleasure to serve on this committee and come here and speak in support of the repeal of ObamaCare. It's something that I have worked on every day since it…

I thank the chairman for yielding time. I listened to this delivery ahead of me. I spent 28\1/2\ years in business. I met payroll for over 1,400 consecutive weeks. I never saw a regulation that made my job easier or allowed me to make more…

I say tough. I am glad you are there. Fly that flag. Fly it proud and fly it long. I especially appreciate the statement made by Mr. Poe about the sound of that flag. My flag is on a flagpole about that same height, 20 foot. I step out my…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can tell you that I am pleased to address you, Mr. Speaker, here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and welcome you to this great deliberative body which becomes instantly far more…

It's always a privilege and an honor to address here on the floor of the House. And we're in the waning days, waning hours perhaps, of this 111th Congress as many are prepared to go home for Christmas, and by the count of the votes on the…

And I would ask the gentleman from Missouri if he would mind sticking around here for a seamless transition into this dialogue. And I appreciate being recognized to address you here on the floor of the House. It is always my privilege. And…

And let's say five kids. That is a good number. Five kids, and they are raised on this farm. Now, two sections of land, paid for, and the 90-year-old patriarch of this family has reached the end of his life and he is watching how his…

The gentleman is completely correct on this. I would add to this point. Let's just say that a entrepreneur has a bright idea, and let's say 10 kids. That is a good start on a family, I tell them. And this bright idea from the entrepreneur…

Well, I thank the gentleman from Texas. Reclaiming my time, I look at the configuration of this proposal that is coming to the floor tomorrow and I am troubled by it. There are some good things in it. To ensure that the current tax…

Or 55 percent. Even if the ball drops at Times Square and we don't get this thing resolved, taking away half of what he'd earned in his lifetime, he would have not had that dream. He's unlikely to have even come to the United States. But…

Well, in the succeeding generations, the dream was passed on even though the equity was not, because they didn't build the equity but the dream was there. The obligation and the duty and the appreciation for America embracing my ancestors…

And if I would say that if he was sitting in Germany in 1893 planning his trip here in 1894, thinking he was faced with tax policy that would confiscate his life's earnings and pass it back to the government and distribute it to the people…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri for bringing his insight here to the floor of the House so many nights in a row when others might decide to call it a day. There are Americans that are lying awake that are worrying and concerned about…

I rise in opposition to this rule and the bill, H.R. 5281. I agree with some of the presenters before me. It is not a DREAM Act. It's a nightmare act. It's one of those pieces of legislation that if the proponents actually understood the…

I believe in an immigration policy that is designed to enhance the economic, the social, and the cultural well-being of the United States of America. This immigration policy is for America. We can't relieve all of the poverty in the world…

I rise in opposition to this bill, to this bill that has a nice name. But it is really not a dream; it is a nightmare. It is a nightmare to the rule of law. As the gentlewoman from California said, we do write the laws in this country, and…

I appreciate the privilege to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives and the opportunity to express some things that are on my mind, perhaps while others are sleeping and perhaps while others are having trouble…

It's my privilege to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives in this great deliberative body that we are. And it is a blessing and a gift to the American people that we can have our debates and our discourse that…

I would add to this: not only do we need to continue the tax rates that we have today, but I would make them permanent so there is certainty, so that people can do the investments that Mr. Gohmert talked about and will be able to plan…

I come to the floor troubled, considerably troubled by--and in opposition to the rule--by this Pigford settlement proposal that we've heard about just now. It was brought to my attention sometime after I was elected to Congress. I had a…

I reflect upon a trip that I made down to Guantanamo Bay... they had already released those that could be released. And the rest of them were a danger to Americans, a danger to free people everywhere, and a danger if they were released to…