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 think that education certainly is the most important role that we have, and that is to provide education to these kids.

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…

But remediation at the college level simply is not working. We need different strategies there, different strategies in high schools to get them ready for college.

Today I rise to honor Marsha Giesler, an Illinois native and a recipient of the 2012 National Fire Protection Association's Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year award. Marsha serves as the Downers Grove Fire Department public…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong support for H.R. 6079, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Whether it's dropped coverage, higher costs or lost jobs, the unintended…

I thank the chairman for giving me this time. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this conference report and wish to address particularly title II, which would reauthorize for 5 years the National Flood Insurance Program, or NFIP. There…

So I really thank the gentleman, and I think that it took a lot of compromise on both sides of the aisle. But this agreement safeguards the things in all of the bills such as the suburban transit options and funds critical road and bridge…

The transfer of knowledge from universities into the marketplace can have profound economic and societal impacts.

Too often people in Washington forget that it's our small businesses that create jobs, not government. These men and women are doing the most important work to bring about economic recovery and growth. In fact, over the past 17 years…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, this bill is the 17th short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. Our colleagues in the Senate have assured us that in June they will take up the…

I thank the gentleman. Both of the Members have been great in working with this. I know that Ms. Waters has been the ranking member for the committee in the past and has always worked on the flood insurance. I yield back the balance of my…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott) for managing this bill and for all of his mention of how important this is. I also would again like to thank the gentlelady from California (Ms. Waters) for being a cosponsor. Mr. Speaker, I…

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Dold), a member of the committee.

I think we have just one more speaker. At this time, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo).

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am disappointed in this closed rule for VAWA. I am concerned that the bill, even with the changes made in the manager's amendment, doesn't reflect everything that we've learned over the…

To close. It seems like we came in, and I think the first thing that I talked about here is how I hoped that we would be able to work together on a bipartisan basis. It just seems like this is so hard to do in this political time. I really…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in today in support of H.R. 3834, also known as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, or NITRD. This program provides critical support and…

Let me just take a couple of seconds to remind the gentleman from Massachusetts that we also are for prevention, but we have a whole list of appropriations, a whole list of what we do, and not to leave all of this to the discretion of one…

At this time, I would like to enter into the Record several documents. One is from the American Council on Education, representing 37 education associations. They say: Education has never been as important to America's economic health as…

I would just like to remind the gentleman from Connecticut that he was one of 147 Members on that side of the aisle voting for taking money out of the privatization protection for health care. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).

As we've noted before, in February, Congress took action to stop a payroll tax increase on millions of working families and to ensure that the tax increase did not add to the deficit. The legislation cut $5 billion from the prevention…

I thank the majority leader for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Tuesday was Tax Day, when Americans everywhere were reminded just how much Uncle Sam takes out of our pockets each and every year. But it was also a reminder that not all of our tax…

For 100 years, women in the Chicago area have been improving the world around them through the Junior League of Chicago. This summer, the Junior League will mark its centennial anniversary, and I join the current and past volunteers of…