Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, for your kind words, but also for what you have done for this country as far as trade and how you have really worked so hard to make sure that all of the Members of Congress realize the impact that trade…

Today I rise to applaud a true hometown hero--Nicholas Dominguez of Lockport, Illinois--for saving a woman who nearly drowned in Lake Michigan. Earlier this year, Nicholas was enjoying time with his mother on a beach on the Indiana shore…

I inadvertently voted ``no'' on rollcall 592. I would like to be recorded as voting ``aye.'' Stated against:

I yield to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Heck), the author of this bill, for such time as he may consume.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a cosponsor of H.R. 6361, the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2012. I strongly urge my colleagues to support its passage. Put simply, this legislation will…

I have no further speakers, either, so I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill…

I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R…

I ask that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and add extraneous material on this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Illinois? There was…

I encourage all of my colleagues to support this bill, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding, and I commend him for his hard work on this important bill. I rise in support of the bill, H.R. 3187, the March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2011. This legislation recognizes the…

I have no further requests for time if the gentleman is ready to close.

Massive tax increases loom on our horizon. If Congress doesn't act before January 1, middle class families will see a return of the marriage penalty, the AMT, higher rates on capital gains, dividends, estates, and painful tax hikes on…