Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 33, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $971,099,800)''. Page 33, line…

I sure don't need to be convinced that this is a serious problem. I come from Illinois, which seems to compete with California...

Mr. Speaker, as you know, I come from Chicago, home of the world champion Chicago Blackhawks, and I rise today in support of the National Hockey League's designation of the month of February as ``Hockey is for Everyone Month.'' ``Hockey is…

What I'm trying to get both sides to do is to work with the same numbers.

All local governments need to reinvent themselves, streamline and consolidate, not because they don't matter, but because they matter very, very much.

So much of local government strikes so close to home. It is where the wheels hit the streets.

Well, I want to thank you so much for having me. I want to thank my colleague from New York for his efforts and everyone who's here tonight toward this end. This issue is critical not just to our health, our Nation's health, but also to…

Introducing a bankruptcy statute would force bondholders to all States to question the legal regime.

Illinois has gone through decades of bad financial decisionmaking under both Democrats and Republicans.

I hate to begin by respectfully disagreeing with you, but I would only suggest that the public good that private health insurance is providing health insurance...

I was appalled. I couldn't believe it.