Madam Speaker, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is one of the kindest, most thoughtful and hardest working elected officials anywhere. It is a shame that it took a despicable act to shine this bright spotlight on Gabby. She is what virtually…

I thank the distinguished Congresswoman from Maryland for her comments, and I'm actually kind of glad that Congressman King brought up these major benefits which are now helping families across this country. Ms. Edwards talked about the…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and congratulations on your election. It's a great pleasure to be here today. I could spend the next half hour responding to my colleague from Iowa. I think it's fascinating just that one comment, that he talks…

I thank the gentleman. And reclaiming my time, the analogy I used earlier was with families, and we all know we're in a difficult budgetary situation. We know we're running huge deficits right now, and we know that the money that we are…

I thank the gentleman. Again, I go back to these rules that have been adopted now in the House, and they basically give extraordinary unprecedented power to one person to set these budget limits to decide the budgetary impact of an…

I thank you for that contribution. And we've also been joined by the gentleman from Tennessee, Congressman Cohen, and I would like to yield to him.

I thank you for that. As we wind down, pursuing the analogy with families and also with small businesses, I mean, people legitimately borrow money, and businesses legitimately borrow money for two reasons. One is for survival, to eat, to…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to say good-bye to some dear friends and colleagues. Four years ago, we arrived in this body, over 40 of us, and we were called the majority makers because we had brought control of the House back to the…

Madam Speaker, last May, President Richard Levin of Yale University delivered a commencement speech, and I think the message he conveyed in that speech is worth repeating here for the Members of this body and also for the American people…

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to control the time until the gentleman from Michigan returns. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized.

Mr. Chair, when most people borrow money--and go into debt--it's either for survival or for an investment that will pay off in the future. Borrowing $114 billion from China to give massive tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans meets…