Vicky Hartzler

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for bringing this forth and for the bipartisan support for this bill. I'm pleased to bring the Small Business Credit Availability Act forward today in order to help small businesses, American manufacturers…

Last week marked the 2-year anniversary of the President's health care law's going into effect, and as a former teacher, I think it's important that we look at and see how it makes the grade. I believe that if you compare it to the matrix…

Thank you so much, Congressman. It is an honor to be here tonight on the anniversary of the 39th year of the Roe v. Wade court decision. And today it was so encouraging to see the hundreds of thousands of people from all across this…

Today, I was unable to vote due to a conflicting obligation in my district. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: On rollcall No. 882, ``no''; on rollcall No. 883, ``no''; on rollcall No. 884, ``no''; on rollcall No. 885…

Now our levees are in desperate need of repairs before next spring's flood season. Time is of the essence.

I am hopeful that this hearing will help convince the Army Corps of Engineers to consider the lessons of this summer and take the necessary measures to prevent these types of floods from happening in the future.

Washington has a problem. It spends more than it brings in, and it has been doing that for a long time. That's why we are over $15 trillion in debt. That's over $46,000 of debt for every American man, woman, and child. Washington is…

Every day we hear of some new government overreach coming from Washington. Well, today I want to tell you about perhaps the biggest overreach of all--centered around a pristine, beautiful place in my district, the Lake of the Ozarks. The…

Thank you so much, Virginia. Now I would like to yield time to another good friend from New York, Ann Marie Buerkle.

Absolutely. And I know that you would agree that it's a privilege to talk about our seniors tonight, and your background in health care certainly lends a lot of expertise to this issue. I have another friend and colleague who is from the…

Absolutely, lady. Thank you. It is important that we get the truth out and that seniors have an opportunity to hear the truth about our bills and the steps that we are taking to try to protect and defend them. Now I get to introduce to you…

Thank you, Diane. Now I am happy to introduce my good friend from the great State of Alabama, Congresswoman Martha Roby.

Thank you, Cynthia. I appreciate it. And now my friend from West Virginia, Representative Shelley Moore Capito.

Thank you, Shelley. Tonight you have heard from a lot of us, Republican women here in Congress. You've heard our stories and our love and our respect for senior citizens, and our heartfelt desire and commitment to serve and to represent…

Thank you, Cathy. Now I would like to yield as much time as she would like to my good friend, a neighbor on the east side of Missouri--Tennessee here-- Representative Diane Black.

Thank you, Jean. Well spoken. Now I get to introduce the vice chairman of our conference and our good friend from Washington, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Thank you very much, Vicky, and I am proud to join…

I thank you, Jaime. I am now happy to yield to my good friend and fellow runner from the great State of Ohio, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt.

Thank you, lady. I certainly share your commitment and the heart-wrenching reality of Alzheimer's disease and our need to focus on it here. Our next speaker is from the great State of Washington, Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler.

Thank you, lady, and absolutely we are going to fulfill those promises. Now I would like to yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlelady from Texas, Representative Kay Granger, who wants to share a little bit her thoughts on…

Thank you, lady. I appreciate your great remarks. Now I would like to yield as much time as she may consume to another farm gal, a fellow friend here, from South Dakota, Kristi Noem.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, I am here to lead a very important discussion regarding America's Greatest Generation--our senior citizens. I have the greatest respect and heartfelt affection for this special group of people. This respect…

Thank you, Ann Marie. I now yield to the woman from Wyoming, Representative Cynthia Lummis.

I thank my dear colleague here for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Protect Life Act, which will ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for abortions through last year's health care bill. It is right and proper…

I thank the chairman for bringing this bill forward. I am so excited to be here today and so proud to support Senate bill 846, which renames the new Federal courthouse in my district of Jefferson City the Christopher S. Bond United States…

Thank you, Dr. Heck. It is an honor to be here today and to be able to share a few words in memory of what happened on 9/11. 9/11 changed our world forever. It is this generation's Pearl Harbor, and it will live on in infamy. Most of us…