If I might, just to add to what really is the burden under these proposals, not only would we lose the home mortgage deduction but on top of the price, and to continue with the charts, if we are looking at a $155,000 house, not only would…

I came to this House in January to get things done for my constituents. I have seen us when we worked together and respected the democratic process get positive things done. We have balanced the budget, we have provided tax relief, we have…

Yet after one year and almost a half a million dollars of taxpayers' money being spent on an investigation, we have nothing to show for it of any concrete evidence, just a lot of hyperbole at this point. The question that I have for the…

I rise very simply to indicate that this is not about choice, this is a bill about private school vouchers. This is an extension of a debate that we had in the Washington, D.C. budget earlier this year when the roofs are falling down in…

I take just a moment this evening to join with my colleagues. It is an honor to serve in this body with my friends in the freshmen class. And it has been an honor to serve with Walter Capps. So much has been said about him, it is hard to…

I rise as someone who is very sad to be joining my colleagues today. At the same time, I am very proud to have entered the Congress with Walter Capps and to have served on the Committee on Science with him. The Committee on Science is…

I congratulate all of my colleagues for standing up for children and for public education. These are such important issues. We will have in front of us tomorrow issues dealing with public education. But to share with my colleague from…

If we are not as wise as developing opportunities for teams to come together, we will lose the competitive race for new jobs. ATP is a very small program authorized by the Committee on Science at continuation levels that allows us to…

Mr. Chairman, continuing the discussion that we have been having here this morning, I would rise to suggest that while the majority of businesses in fact want to do the right thing regarding their employees, it makes economic sense, it…

I find it humorous, as a new Member coming in in January from Michigan, to hear the word ``liberal'' thrown around all the time. I want Members to know that for someone coming from Michigan who was in the State Senate, I sponsored the…

It is not fair, and one of the reasons I am proud to support the Democrat plan is that we fulfill the commitment of giving over $35 billion; I believe it is over $40 billion, to education-related tax relief so anyone going to school can…

As we know, in the Republican plan they take away what is now tuition tax relief. If someone is a graduate student, and I received a number of letters from Michigan State University graduate students in my district indicating that they are…

if I might just continue in talking about fairness, when we each do our taxes, we use tax deductions. What the Republican plan is saying is if one gets one tax deduction, one cannot get the $500 children's tax credit; but yet if one makes…

if I could just add to that, that police officer making $23,000 is getting a tax benefit through something called earned income tax credit. The Republican plan is saying, if one is getting one tax deduction, one cannot get a second…

I rise also to strongly support the middle-class working families of my district in Michigan getting a tax cut at the end of this week. When all is said and done and we have debated fully the question of who should receive tax relief this…

first I would rise to once again to congratulate all parties on both sides of the aisle for putting together this balanced budget agreement, which I was very proud to support. It is not just about numbers, however, it is about protecting…

I was pleased early Wednesday morning to join my colleagues in voting for the balanced budget agreement. The most important piece for me in that agreement is that we place education as number one both in terms of investment spending and…

I would rise also with grave concern today about the committee funding resolution that is before us. We are in the final discussions, I understand, concerning the budget. Very difficult decisions are having to be made, priorities are…

I will take just a moment to rise to commend both the chair of the committee and the ranking member of the committee as well as the ranking member of our subcommittee dealing with the National Science Foundation for the excellent work and…

I would hope that the first way that we would show our constituents that we were serious about getting things done would be to start by balancing the budget. We do not need to have a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, as they…