Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Walden for yielding the time and for his important leadership. I think it is worth noting, as I know Representative Loebsack and several of us from rural districts often get involved in issues like this, and I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a hero, Fargo police officer Jason Moszer. While in the Army National Guard, he was deployed as a combat medic to Bosnia and Iraq. Officer Moszer joined the Fargo Police Department in 2009. In 2012, he…

Mr. Speaker, if it seems like I stand here every year around this same time giving the same speech congratulating the same football team on winning the same national championship, it is because I do. I am here again to congratulate the…

Mr. Speaker, I was informed last week that the Department of Health and Human Services is considering temporarily housing unoccupied minor children at military bases throughout the United States. Six bases are under consideration to house…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk a little bit about one component of the omnibus tax extender package that is dominating the legislative agenda as we wrap up this year. The one piece of the package that I want to talk about is the lifting…

That is the perfect wrap-up, Mr. Shimkus. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Making this vehicle another all-important appropriate vehicle for this amendment because the main piece of the omnibus package is, of course, increased spending for our defense. But you said cost effective. You are right, having these…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Barton for his kind words and his tireless effort on behalf of the employees, the workers, the economy of our country, and for articulating so beautifully and so perfectly, without rehearsal, the next chapter…

Mr. Speaker, I am going to wrap up, as well, with another history lesson. It is so interesting. I love history. I am not one who looks back a lot. I do like to look in the rearview mirror once in a while to make sure I am still going…

I just have to say, since you brought it up, there is nothing that makes me much more emotional than a really good song; but the men and women who protect us in this Chamber make me as emotional as anything. I am grateful. It is a great…

I thank the gentleman, my friend from Georgia, and others who have carried the ball on this issue for some time. A special thanks to our friend from Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn. I serve on the same committee with her, and I have learned a…