The country will be lesser for your loss, and I want to thank you for your service.

I think Senator Bennett is one of the outstanding Members of the Congress.

I think he will work well with the people who work at GPO.

I don't want to get into what we've been getting into, but simply to observe that as the gentleman knows when he uses the 60 some odd percent, much of that, a significant part of that spending, was specifically not included in the…

Well, as the gentleman probably knows, there are some 260 bills that we've sent from the House to the Senate and we look forward to them sending some of those back to us. And my expectation is they will. In addition to that, we are…

I would expect the Congress to honor the President's suggestion of freeze with respect to the overall numbers on discretionary spending. But let me make an observation that I know you know, but I think it's important for us to remember…

Thank you. I just wanted to say something about certainty. I agree with you. We need certainty. We tried to give certainty in the estate tax. Your side voted against that. We tried to give certainty in tax extenders. We tried to extend the…

As the gentleman knows, there are significant, critical differences between the House and Senate bills and we have been working on trying to bridge the differences that exist. We are still in that process.

Well, I thank the gentleman for his question and all of the premises he adopts in prefacing his question. I don't want my silence to be presumed as agreeing to his premises, which I think are inaccurate. Having said that, first of all, of…

We passed a jobs bill through this House in December. It is pending in the Senate now. We believe that that would substantially move forward on creating jobs. It is not the answer, but it is one of the answers we think. It focuses, as the…

I thank the gentleman. First, let me observe that the gentleman--I don't blame you at all for not wanting to look back at history. I wouldn't want to stand on that record either, but it's important to look at history so that we don't…

Does the gentleman believe that America spoke in November of 2008? Not just a State, not just Virginia, not just New Jersey, not just Massachusetts. Does the gentleman believe that America spoke in 2008 in voting overwhelmingly for the…

I think the Speaker's comments this morning, you asked me if it was an accurate statement. I think she believes that is an accurate statement in terms of where the votes are today. I responded, as I told the gentleman, there is substantial…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I've heard that rhetoric for 24 years here, and I've certainly heard it for the last 8 years. The gentleman likes to put words in my mouth about previous administrations of what I might say or did say…

I do so fully knowing that no words we say here can rebuild a collapsed home or heal the wounds of the living or bury the dead. At times like these, we say words fail; they fail to capture the true scope of devastation and suffering, and…

I thank my friend for yielding. There are times in life when you get a call and you are shocked, you are saddened, you are stunned. That was such a call for, I am sure, all of us when we learned that Paula Nowakowski had passed away…

And through a collaborative process between the local board, our superintendent, our Congressman, Steny Hoyer, the higher ed center, and the Navy, we came together to discuss what was it going to take in order to make sure we were growing…

a U.S. Representative from the State of Maryland

It is not going to happen, we are not going to face up to this debt bomb absent some special process.

What is at issue here is of importance to this House and to this country.

Her number two Steny Hoyer saying today, he thinks that a health care bill can get through the House without a public option.

I think that a health care bill can get through the House without a public option.

I'm for a public option, but I'm also for passing a bill.

The second -- second-ranking Democrat in the House says lawmakers may not be able to vote on a health care bill next week.

all peoples are entitled to a form of government that provides for equal voting representation in the making and implementation of their laws.