This week, President Obama went to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. He did so, remarkably for an American leader, from a position of weakness. As the Palestinian Authority began to campaign to upgrade its status at…

I thank my colleague from Kentucky for yielding. I rise in support of the TRAIN Act, which will help give small businesses and our Nation's job creators the certainty they need to hire, expand, and invest. This is an excellent bill which…

Recently I had the opportunity to meet with a constituent of mine who also happens to be a minor celebrity. Rock Katschnig is the farmer who had the chance to ask President Obama last month about regulation and red tape coming from…

All it takes is for the President to assert some leadership and get the out-of-control EPA to stop its regulatory assault on American jobs.

the Cross-State Rule is intended to ensure upwind States do not negatively impact the air quality of their downwind neighbors, a seemingly reasonable concept.

In these dire financial times, government must identify what works and what doesn't, even when it comes to sex education for our kids. The CDC released a fascinating study this year that found that two- thirds of teens, ages 15 to 17, are…

Over the last months I've had the privilege to travel across the 14th Congressional District in Illinois. I've met with hundreds of my constituents at town hall meetings, coffee shops, diners, and in their workplaces. Over and over I heard…

Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth at daybreak this morning, and it marked the end of America's 30-year shuttle history of scientific and engineering excellence in space. I am a strong believer in American exceptionalism, and at its heart…

The American people know that Washington has a massive spending and debt problem that threatens not only our Nation's credit rating, but our fiscal future. As a father of four, I understand the threat our Nation's fiscal crisis poses to…

9.2 percent unemployment in June. Twenty-nine months in a row of over 8 percent unemployment. Twenty million Americans remain unemployed or underemployed. It has to stop. These are stark reminders that President Obama's excessive spending…

I stand to tell a rare success story that I saw firsthand last week. Custom Aluminum Products, a local manufacturing business employing more than 360 people, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Throughout those 50 years, they…

The cost of gasoline is devastating American family budgets, destroying jobs, and debilitating our economy. Gas prices in my home State of Illinois are among the highest in the Nation. It's clear that America needs an energy policy that…

Last Friday marked 1 year since President Obama promised the American people a recovery summer. But looking at the latest grim economic reports, it is clear that recovery couldn't be further from the truth. Consumer confidence slid to a…

During this time in which the energy frontier and some of our brightest minds have been shifting to Europe for the development, operation, and promise of science from the Large Hadron Collider, the U.S. must not cede our leadership in a…

Today, I rise in support of H.R. 4. This bill will repeal one of the most egregious and anti-jobs, anti-growth provisions contained in last year's health care law. This 1099 provision threatens our small business owners with an avalanche…

When I returned to Illinois last week, I talked to my constituents, and the refrain I heard over and over was their frustration and concern about the pain they're feeling at the gas pump. And it's not just hurting them. It is threatening…

Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to be with you today to honor one of my heroes. And I bring greetings to the United States Capitol from Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Reagan's birthplace, and Dixon, Illinois, Ronald Reagan's boyhood home. I was…

Madam Speaker, the so-called Affordable Care Act has clearly failed to make health care more affordable. Since the passage of this law, I have heard from local families throughout my community concerned about what this will mean to their…

Amendment 26, passed by Congress March 23, 1971; ratified July 1, 1971. Section 1: ``The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State…