The events of September 11, 2001, brought the attention of transportation security and terrorism to prominence.

I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana because of a point that he makes about people in his district and Delphi employees who were not protected in the bankruptcy is well received here.

But, you know, in my district and other places around the country GM essentially put people out of business like that, people who had auto dealerships in their families for generations.

The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices that millions of Americans use.

Thank you very much. Let me, first of all, commend you for the tremendous leadership that you provide to this effort each Monday evening. As I was thinking about it, I was thinking of the fact that people who observe racing oftentimes…

many American citizens, as well as people around the world, would be surprised to learn that the Congress of the United States has to approve the local budget of the Nation's Capitol

funding is absolutely essential--and that is, funding from the Federal Government level.

The Republican Federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012, widely known as the Ryan plan, was passed by a party-line vote in the House of Representatives on April 15, 2011.

I am concerned that there appears to be a systematic attack on American workers, and part of that attack seems to be designed to blame them for fiscal challenges facing the States.

Blame the banks, blame global capital flows, blame lax regulation of Wall Street, blame home buyers or home sellers, but don't blame the unions, not for this recession.

I want to thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. Madam Speaker, you know, I was thinking we are approaching Mother's Day, and I thought of my mother. When it came to budgeting and appropriating money, she did not always have a…

I have no additional requests for time, I reiterate my support for this measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1308, a bill to amend the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act. The bill would extend the termination date of the Commission by 7 months. The Ronald…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in opposition to H.R. 471, the D.C. voucher bill. While I share the same commitment to improving the quality of education here in D.C., in Chicago…

I believe we are rubbing the Colombian Government in the mud if we do not move this agreement in an expedited fashion.

By comparison, there have been 20 domestic terror plots by American Muslims or foreign born Muslims operating in the United States.

I simply rise to concur with the last group of speakers who have indicated that they were in opposition to this amendment. I have worked with individuals in the State of Illinois for the last several years. My congressional district runs…

As we prepare to debate the budget, and as we have already begun to debate, it is a budget that in many instances and in many ways spells gloom and doom for people who have been expecting and looking for some opportunity to move our…

I am in favor of TSA employees having the right to organize.

I appreciate the work that you have done to try to make sense of the health care law and the impact it will have on seniors' coverage under Medicare.

I deal with constituents at all places in the economic spectrum, and they talk about a lack of purchasing power

the health care law requires you to provide health insurance or pay a fine

Under no circumstances would I vote to repeal the most effective, most meaningful, most sensitive health legislation that has been passed in this country since the Medicare-Medicaid provisions of the 1960s. Under no circumstances would I…

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with saying that taxation is the price that we pay for a civilized society. And today we need the money. As a matter of fact, I was in a meeting 2 days ago at CEDA--that's the organization in…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I believe that the American people want to work. Those who are unemployed want a job. Those who are out of work want employment benefits. I don't think that there is any excuse that can be given. There is no…