On April 18, 2013 I was not able to vote on rollcall votes 113, 114, 115, 116 and 117. At the time, I was performing my duties as a designee of the U.S. House of Representatives attending the funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in…

On April 17, 2013, I was not able to vote on rollcall votes 110, 111 and 112. At the time, I was performing my duties as a designee of the U.S. House of Representatives attending the funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in London. Had I…

Today I was unable to cast my vote for H.R. 1163, H.R. 756 and H.R. 967 due to my duties as part of a delegation of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives attending the funeral services of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in London. Had I…

If there is one thing the people of Minnesota understand, it's hockey. That's why I'm so excited to be able to be here today to congratulate the St. Cloud State University men's hockey team. They're making history. Never before in their…

That's right. So, Mr. Speaker, it's the worst of all worlds. Your husband is having to pay for this very expensive insurance for himself, and the employer may be having a match on that, but you're out in the cold, your kids are out in the…

Dr. Burgess, thank you so much. I just wanted to add this point to the whole debate that we're having today, that the unintended consequence of all of this is that we've now created a class system in America for health care. We can't…

Thank you so much, Representative Burgess, and I should say ``Dr. Burgess'' as well. I thank you for your first-class understanding of how devastating ObamaCare is in the lives of real people, and I thank Dr. Harris, who just gave his…

And if I recall, you wrote a book called ``House Calls'' just exactly on that topic by Dr. Burgess.

I thank the gentleman from California. I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick for his bill as well. I, too, was shocked when I saw that the President of the United States, out of nowhere, at no request from any Member of Congress, had issued a unilateral…

I thank our friend from Texas. I just want to say, we've had so many Members of Congress that wanted to be down here on the floor this evening and there was only so much time. I would like to thank also Congresswoman Black of Tennessee…

Today, Mr. Speaker, we mark the 20th anniversary of Priests for Life, and I'm pleased to yield 1 minute to my colleague, Jean Schmidt, of Ohio.

I thank you, Mr. Smith, for your important pro-life voice, and thank you for the years of steadfastness on this issue. And we do thank Father Pavone and also Priests for Life. Now I would like to yield to a wonderful Member from Nebraska…