I am deeply concerned about the proposal several of our witnesses have put forth to cut Social Security's annual cost of living adjustments.

I think it has got to be the White House that drives it.

I think we should think of a tax credit, a tax incentive as a spur to economic development in Africa.

I think that there will be an opportunity when we look to extend AGOA to address some of these issues in a vigorous manner.

The best way for Congress to improve retirement security for all Americans is by protecting Social Security from benefit cuts.

The biggest challenge facing Social Security right now is Republican budget cuts in the House of Representatives.

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227, nays 187, not voting 18, as follows…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Van Hollen. To listen to the histrionics from the other side here today, you would think that we could run the Pentagon through charitable giving. You would think that if there was just a deduction for charitable…

If we cannot do the big, then let us proceed with the smaller bilaterals where we actually have had some success.

I suggested that we really focus the European trade proposal, T-TIP.

Could you speak to what could be done in T-TIP or at WTO to otherwise help coax our European counterparts to provide more meaningful opportunities to comment on regulatory proposals so that Americans, American small and medium size…