Food stamps are growing at a rate we can't sustain.

We've heard the criticism, this is a game. Well, any family that has found themselves in a financial crisis knows this is not a game. I'm one of those families. Eighteen years ago, I lost my job in a corporate merger. After 48 hours of…

I want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey for his leadership in speaking out on this very important issue. Our Declaration of Independence, our Nation's birth certificate, states that all are endowed by their Creator with certain…

This week, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption is recognizing the individuals and families from around the country who've enriched the lives of children through foster care and adoption. I rise this morning to share the story of a…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. The President's lease plan for offshore energy resources is…

I want to thank the chairman for yielding. Everything they told us when they passed this law has turned out not to be true: if you like your own health plan, you can keep it. This isn't a tax hike. Prices will go down $2,500 a year. It…

I would like to thank the chairman for yielding. I rise in support of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act. You know, America's been blessed with an abundance of natural resources under our feet and off our shores. We have the largest coal…

This measure is not about undermining the Americans with Disabilities Act. This measure is not about denying access. If it were, I would be part of leading the charge to defend that access in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The reason…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Mississippi is recognized for 5 minutes. {time} 2000

This is an important week for the future of our Republic. In this Capitol, we are debating and voting on budgets, laying out our visions for how we should handle the spending, taxing, and debt issues facing America in the coming years…

I thank the chairman for his leadership in this area. I thank you for yielding. I find it fascinating as I listen to the debate that even while discussion is going on on the budget, we're hearing accusations that say Republicans want to…

You need to understand the awkward position it puts me in. I have people in North Mississippi that are spending $4 a gallon to get back and forth to work, and they are struggling. And they get their paycheck, and withheld from their…

I share your optimism that we are going to deal with this issue of sequestration, and I am going to be doing everything I can to make sure it does not happen.

I want to thank the chairman, the gentleman from California, for your leadership in this area. Religious freedom in America is under attack, not from some outside source, but from within. And if we've learned anything from history, we…

Thank you, Mr. Harper. Now I would like to call on my friend Mr. Lamborn, the gentleman from Colorado.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today begins the observation of National Marriage Week. It is a week that begins today, February 7, and will go through Valentine's Day, February 14, next week. Around the Nation, in fact, indeed around the world…

Thank you, Mr. Lamborn. Mr. Speaker, I now recognize the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford).

Thank you, Mr. Gohmert. As we wrap up this hour, recognizing the importance of National Marriage Week, I want to conclude, recognizing, first of all, my own life's partner. February 13 will mark the day, a little over three decades ago…

It is my honor to participate in National Marriage Week, along with my bride of 30 years, Tori. In fact, it was February 13, 1980, that she and I went out for the first time. And on that night I found a friend, a friend that would be a…

Thank you, Mr. Carter, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have to confess, when Judge Carter started talking about Texans loving their pickup trucks and the EPA coming to take our pickup trucks away, that got my attention. Because the judge…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for yielding and also for his leadership on budget issues. Mr. Speaker, 1,000 days without a budget and then 2 days ago we received news that the President is going to miss his deadline…

I want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey for your leadership. Thank you for yielding. Our Nation's Founders expressed in our Declaration of Independence that all individuals are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable…

I thank the chairman for yielding. I rise in support of the House-passed provisions, specifically the provisions relating to unemployment insurance reform. We passed a full year, we extended the benefits, but we added commonsense reform…

Mississippi experienced a great loss this week with the death of Governor Bill Waller. He served as our Governor from 1972 to 1976, and he provided steady leadership during tumultuous times in our State. He believed that Mississippi should…

I thank the chairman for yielding. As a member of this historic freshman class, we came here committed to cutting government spending because we know that cutting government spending is tied directly to increasing job opportunities in this…