we are very proud of Virginia's longitudinal database system because it is providing a way where we can come together with the State agencies

the federal government does not need to spend more money to facilitate these investments

Families budget, small businesses budget, cities budget, churches budget, schools budget, my state of North Carolina budgets, but Washington does not. Instead, year after year, budgetless Washington spends every single cent of the money it…

I thank my colleague, Mr. King. I'm sorry I could not get down here early, but the Rules Committee kept me. I want to say all of us here are speaking on an extraordinarily important topic to our Nation. Life is the most fundamental of all…

Article I, section 7: ``All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. ``Every bill which shall have passed the House of…

I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding time and giving me the opportunity to pay a very small tribute to Jay Pierson. Mr. Speaker, it's with mixed emotions that I rise to join my colleagues in recognizing Jay Pierson, who's served…

I want to thank the chairman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that our colleagues across the aisle are attempting to paint Republicans as inconsistent on welfare work requirements to distract from their position in favor…

those in Washington have a responsibility to weigh carefully any federal action to ensure that such actions will not create greater costs for students and schools, particularly in these tough economic times.

The President has burdened the Nation with 4 straight years of trillion dollar deficits and has added more than $5 trillion to our national defense. His failed policies have done nothing but make our economy worse. Now he wants to turn our…

Thank you, Chairman Upton, for yielding me time and bringing this important bill to the floor. Mr. Chairman, the Obama administration has failed the American people by squandering half a billion of our hard-earned tax dollars on costly…

This cannot be what Congress intended when it adopted the National Labor Relations Act to promote the general welfare and the free flow of commerce.

The NLRB has made its agenda clear. Routine cases involving a single workplace have been hijacked in order to impose sweeping changes on all workplaces.