I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 34, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000)''…

Today I'm offering an amendment with my colleague, Congressman LoBiondo, to support veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injury, or TBI. This amendment designates $4.5 million within the peer-reviewed Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain…

I recently had the pleasure of visiting New Hampshire's Bedford Memorial Elementary School to congratulate the school community for their recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School. Bedford Memorial Elementary educates children from…

Education is the key to prosperity in this country. Families know that. That's why they save up for college for their students, but the cost of college has become so expensive that they've had to borrow money. The interest rates now are…

Thank you very much. I would like to add my voice to the others here in speaking about this wonderful man, John Dingell, who, I'm sure, is quite embarrassed as we talk about him because he has a great deal of humility, which is rather…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 200, noes 227, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 136] AYES--200…

Thank you. I ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the Record opposing the GOP's awful Mother's Day gift--more work and less pay for working moms. Happy Mother's Day. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Shea-Porter moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1406, to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with…

Today, the House proved that if it really wants to, it can move quickly. Today, we made it easier for air travelers, and I'm very happy that we did that. But the sequester is still there, and it is still impacting schools. I have a little…

Thank you very much for having this moment, an opportunity to talk about Boston and also to talk about the country and to talk about Boston's neighbor, New Hampshire. On that day, like so many others, I had a family member whose…

This week marks the 50th anniversary of a terrible submarine disaster. The USS Thresher, the first in a new class of subs designed to answer the Soviet threat in the Cold War, left the world's greatest shipyard, the Portsmouth Naval…

I thank you, Congresswoman Maloney, for the chance to speak about the damage that the Ryan budget would do to women and to families. There are a couple of points. The new Ryan budget and the cuts to discretionary programs and the cuts to…