Why isn't somebody from the Administration here?

I would like to just add for your consideration my recommendations that we review, in connection with health care, the antitrust exemption that health insurance companies enjoy, the McCarran-Ferguson exemption, and that the Sunshine…

The bill that was just repealed yesterday provided for millions of more people getting health care because we raised the ceiling on Medicaid.

I hope that we can get into the issue of the shortage of doctors in rural areas, which is critical and which many of us view would be increased by a cap on medical liability, this $250,000 cap.

I think it is going to go down historically as one of the great advances in health care.

I haven't found one yet that doesn't want that provision in the bill.

Today I rise in support of House Resolution 32, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011. Last Saturday's senseless and vile act of violence wounded…

Today, I rise in strong opposition to the House Resolution 22, which would cut Congress's budget by five percent in 2011 and 2012. The proposed cut undermines Members of Congress's ability to serve their constituents and perform official…

I regret that I must rise in opposition to the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010. Today's legislation is fiscally irresponsible and recklessly extends Bush era tax cuts for the rich, the millionaires and billionaires, and establishes an…

The Water for the World Act sets a benchmark of providing 100 million of the world's poorest with first-time access to safe and sustainable drinking water and sanitation by 2015. To achieve this, the Act builds upon the success of the 2005…

And Members of the House, I rise to point out that a very important consideration is about to take place in the next 3 days dealing with the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act. Its main sponsor is the gentleman from Oregon (Mr…

Today, I rise in support of the Fiscal Year 2011 Full Year Funding Resolution. While this legislation is far from perfect, and I have deep reservations with certain funding cuts, the bill addresses serious issues and moves America forward…

It is incredibly important that we finish the job we undertook when we rescued just over 1,200 Haitian orphans immediately following the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12 earlier this year. All in all, 1.5 million people were…

I am a little dismayed that we come back after this recess and after a struggle that has gone on for generations, and we come here, and of all my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I am stunned that only one person rises in support…

I will urge the House to vote ``no'' so as to sustain the President's veto, and I would like to explain why it is important that we are taking this vote. This bill has passed the House under suspension in each of the last three Congresses…

I would like to just respond to my dear friend, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, by saying that what we are trying to do here is to prevent the possibility of sloppy, inaccurate, or fraudulent notarizations from creeping into…

I am so glad that we were able to reveal this important part of American history, not just through our colleagues but through our countrymen. I share the spirit of the remarks of my friend on the Judiciary Committee, Judge Poe.

I just wanted to congratulate Judge Poe on his comments about the bill. I agree with him. But let's keep hope alive that the other body will not fail us at this moment with so few days left.

Mr. Speaker, I am rising, basically, to praise my colleague from Tennessee, Representative Duncan. A few months ago, he came to the Rules Committee with this case, and he tried to amend a bill to be able to find a way to help turn this…

Mr. Speaker, this measure, entitled the Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act, is a commonsense, proactive response to unintended errors and confusion in copyright law. This bill updates and improves the way the Copyright…

Mr. Speaker, this resolution recognizes the 30th anniversary of the Bayh-Dole Act, a landmark piece of legislation that reshaped the landscape of technological innovation in the United States by clarifying intellectual property rights in…

I wanted to welcome Judge Poe back after the hurricanes that he predicted. And there's nothing more gracious than starting off the session with an ``I told you so'' lecture. And so I am going to be remembering everything that the gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, this measure, the International Adoption Simplification Act, corrects two problems and inconsistencies with respect to adoptions of foreign children by United States citizen parents. The bill would harmonize age requirements…

Mr. Speaker, Gail Abarbanel is the director of the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center's nationally known Rape Treatment Center. In 1974, the center became one of the first hospitals in the United States for establishing a protocol for…

International trade is an integral part of the Southeast Michigan economy, with nearly $113.3 billion worth of surface trade passing between the United States and Canada at the Detroit-Windsor border every year. I am, however, concerned…