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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 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…
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 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…
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…
I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, the American economy has the capacity and the resilience to overcome almost any obstacle. We've seen it time and time again. In the face of foreign crises, natural disaster, or fiscal…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it's not every day we get to speak on the House floor about friends and colleagues that are not constituents or other Members of Congress, and tonight we have the distinct privilege to…
The proposals contained in the JOBS Act are not political or partisan, as has been mentioned. It comes from the small business community in districts like mine where I meet regularly with local employers who tell me that accessing capital…
Today I rise in support of H.R. 3298, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2011. Sadly, approximately one-fifth of our country's homeless population consists of veterans. In part, that's because readapting to civilian life is not always easy even…
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