I won't take 5 minutes, because I don't believe that you can actually get blood out of a turnip.

The most important piece of legislation Congress should enact is H.R. 22, introduced by Representatives John McHugh and Danny Davis.

So the Board of Governors is in fact cognizant and displays sensitivity to the increasing concern about the issue?

I am reminded of Frederick Douglass, who said he knew one thing if he didn't know anything else, and that is that in this world, we may not get everything that we pay for, but we most certainly will pay for everything that we get.

I do appreciate the efforts that the Postal Service is making.

Times have changed. The national economy is in a recession and there is no place more reflective of that than the economic reality of the Postal Service.

I believe that Congress can act to provide some immediate breathing room at no cost to taxpayers by supporting the bill that I have co-sponsored with Representative John McHugh of New York.

charity begins at home and spreads abroad, so I have got to be concerned about Chicago.

if he is frustrated, then I must be devastated because when I look at the Chicago experience and I look at the fact that we have actually gotten worse by 95 additional days

continuing resolutions do hamper movement into projected budget activity for the coming year or even the year that we might be in.

It is not true that these individuals do not pay taxes. They may not pay one kind of tax, but they pay other taxes, and that's my point.