During this time of record unemployment, granting a $35 billion contract to a company that has received over $5 billion in illegal subsidies, according to the WTO, makes no common sense. In the end, this is about what is fair for the…

8 years of failed economic policies under the Bush administration left a deep economic hole for the new Obama administration, but three things are clear: It will take some time to dig out; we have made steady progress; and there is much…

Enough is enough. My constituents in Missouri have had enough excuses and delays from big banks and Wall Street. That is why my Democratic colleagues and I have been fighting for commonsense regulatory reform and consumer protections…

I can't think of a better time than now to invest in America's can-do spirit. I would like to thank our chairman, Bart Gordon, for his years of devotion working to ensure that America is prepared to compete globally. America has been at…

I would like to thank Chairman Markey for his leadership and all the others involved in this legislation, the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010, and also, in particular, Representative Welch and the other sponsors of the bill that have…

I want to thank the gentlelady from California for her leadership and work on this important legislation, supporting the MS Awareness Week. Every week, around 200 people are diagnosed in this country with MS; and, indeed, there's been a…

Federal taxes are very considerably lower by every measure since Obama became President. That's a quote from President Reagan's domestic policy adviser, Bruce Bartlett. Congress and the President have enacted an array of tax cuts which are…

As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Aviation Subcommittee, and representing the St. Louis region where aviation has been vital in our history and our economy, I rise today in strong support of passage of…

It's an honor to be here and to speak on behalf of this resolution that honors the members of the Agri-business Development Teams that have been operating. These are joint missions that combine some of the best of our military…

Thousands of my constituents have shared their health care stories with me about America's broken health care system, like Christopher from St. Louis. He said, I stayed in a job that I hated for 5 years just for the insurance. Or like…