I thank the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) for bringing forth this tremendous amendment this evening for us to consider. I am grateful for his willingness to bring this forward because this is a concerning issue for so many Americans…

In Portland, Oregon, a planned 40,000-square-foot headquarters will include space for candidate forums and phone banks, as well as a clinic. Again, all paid for with an additional subsidy from the Federal and State taxpayer. Mr. Greenberg…

I appreciate the opportunity to speak today. This evening, we will hear from the President of the United States in his State of the Union address, and it is a privilege for the people of our country to be able to hear from our President…

ObamaCare, as we know, is the crown jewel of socialism. It is socialized medicine. The American people spoke soundly and clearly at the ballot box in November. And they said to us, Mr. Speaker, in no uncertain terms, repeal this bill. And…

Today I join with my colleagues in condemning the savage attack in Tucson last Saturday that shattered the lives of so many innocent victims, and their families and friends, and broke the heart of a nation. Since the news of this awful…

To me, one of the most obvious problems with this bill that we are being called upon to verify today and to vote for is simply a numbers problem. If we are looking at this Pigford claim whereby we have black farmers who are stating that…

I want to thank the gentleman from Iowa, Steve King. It was some months ago when Steve King had first told me about the situation with Pigford. He has been investigating and looking into this matter for probably about 3 years now. He is…

We saw this week that our country took a very historic line and broke it, and it was this: We broke the $13 trillion mark in debt for this country. This is real money, and all we have to do is know the comparison. Think of dollars in terms…

If the gentleman will yield, just recently the President made an announcement on the nuclear strategy document that he will also change the language and no longer allow the use of the term ``extreme radicalism'' in the document as well…

The motion to recommit proposes to add a new amendment to the bill freezing the rate of pay for ourselves, Members of Congress, and for the non-uniformed Federal employees. The amendment relies on the definition of civil service provided…

Yes, Mr. Speaker. We should not use the arcane rules to somehow exempt ourselves as a Member of Congress from our own pay increases and that of the non-uniformed Federal offices under the responsibility of tightening our belt.

Thank God, if I could just reclaim my time, that we are standing in the well of the United States House of Representatives, one bastion left for free speech, at least I hope so for the time being.