We urge China to embrace Chen and other civil rights activists and make room for these selfless heroes.

We cannot believe China is serious about the rule of law while Chen Guangcheng and his family are being forcefully held and abused.

Let us remind our friends in China that all great nations achieve more through open dialogue and free flow of information than through forced silence.

We urge China today to end this ongoing illegal detention and to free Chen and his family.

Mr. Speaker, like the last speaker, I had the opportunity last week to visit an American manufacturer, Blue Star Power Systems, a small business in southern Minnesota employing 35 people that manufactures backup generators for schools…

To the gentleman from Pennsylvania, thank you for your energy, your passion, your vision. Thank you also to all the folks who've gathered here. Mr. Speaker, you're witnessing an all too rare event in this House--a group of bipartisan…

I thank the gentleman. I thank all the speakers today. Mr. Speaker, you just witnessed something--an hour-long discussion on energy policy that did not demonize producers of energy and did not demonize conservation groups, did not point…

this is a zero sum proposition we are at and I certainly take no pleasure, and I can assure all of you that it is not through collaboration that this hearing is taking a pretty direct turn in a very frustrating and quite honestly a very…

I thank the ranking member for yielding me this time, as well as being a staunch supporter of this and, of course, other legislation to secure the rights and benefits for our veterans. I would also like to thank the gentleman from New…

I am the staunchest supporter of the VA and because of that I am the harshest critic because the job is too important.

I want to be very clear, and I have to say Mr. Schoenhard, Mr. Johnson might have given you some good advice to listen to the wing commander.