I sponsored legislation here in Congress several years ago to remove OxyContin from the market.

I was thankful every single day that I went to work that I had a union watching out for me.

It is bizarre, it is obscene in a way, that folks go to work every day sometimes in dangerous industries, and because of the lack of protections, they don't come home.

You would think from the discussion here today that maybe 50 percent, 60 percent, 70 percent of today's workers are unionized.

the Department of Justice did was authorize criminal activity to allow folks that they knew--they knew these 20 dealers were buying hundreds of guns...

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3835, which would extend the current-year pay freeze for Federal workers for an additional year through 2013. This will be the third year of a pay freeze. Similar to…

I thank the gentleman. This is another in a series of legislative attacks that have targeted our Federal workers throughout the 112th Congress. It will further erode employee morale and diminish the Federal Government's ability to attract…

If I could, I would like to try to put the political part of this aside and really out of respect for Agent Brian Terry and his family...

There has to be some accountability here.

On rollcall votes 927 and 928, had I been able to vote, I would have voted ``aye'' on both votes. ____________________

I certainly think that recent revelations have created doubt in the integrity of the whole process here.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I come before you as an ironworker for 18 years before coming to Congress. I actually practiced before the National Labor Relations Board, and I've actually represented a number of unions in election…