Are other Pacific nations also beginning to question our commitment to the Pacific region?

America is facing some very serious problems, and they're looking to Congress for a solution. What have we done this week since the sequester is coming on Friday? We had one vote yesterday, and that was to rename a flight center, and we…

I have been listening to my colleagues on the other side point out that this is a Nation at war. Yes, it is. It has been at war for 9 long years, and I wish this Congress would talk about these wars and the cost. But I want to talk today…

Thank you, Chairman Miller, for your leadership on this legislation which deals with issues that are literally a matter of life and death. After the tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine, the committee went to Beckley, West Virginia, to…

Thank you, and I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you for bringing the Nation's attention to this problem. This is absolutely stunning. We spent a year and a half listening to our campaign opponents talk about borrowing and spending…

Thank you. I think it is important to reiterate that we are very happy when Americans do well financially. We want every American to do well financially. I have said many times before that each one of us hopes to have a little more money…

I wanted to say, this is not just Democrats who are saying this. Republicans who are no longer in power have also been attacking these plans. David Stockman, the former director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan…

There is a button from an old Presidential campaign that says, ``I Like Ike.'' In this case, I love Ike. We will have to have a new button to talk about Ike Skelton. I arrived in the House 4 years ago on the Armed Services Committee, met…

Republicans are holding tax cuts for the middle class hostage as they try to extend tax cuts for millionaires. They say letting tax cuts for the very wealthy expire will hurt small businesses. It is just not true. Ninety-seven percent of…

Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle are always warning the young people of this country that Social Security won't be there for them, so we should just scrap it now, raise the retirement age, and privatize Social Security…

First, I would like to thank Chairman Rahall and his staff for this very good piece of legislation before us today. It is a product of months of hard work. I believe it is a transformative bill that will go a long way to ensuring…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of House Resolution 1427, honoring the life of John Robert Wooden. John Wooden loved basketball. As a young man in Martinsville, Indiana, starting on his high school basketball team in 1927, Wooden…

I would also like to point out I have a basketball player in my home, and I certainly had the biography because the man that we're talking about, the great hero, John Robert Wooden, did indeed show Americans how to play a sport and how to…

I want to thank Chairman Skelton and everyone who has worked on the IMPROVE Acquisition Act. This bill cleans up defense acquisitions spending, saving taxpayers an estimated $27 billion a year and expediting the process to get necessary…

First, I would like to thank Chairman Oberstar, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. LoBiondo for their work on this bill. I have the honor of representing the First Congressional District of New Hampshire, which is home to the Piscataqua Region Estuaries…

Tonight I vote for the middle class. I have heard the desperation of parents whose kids were kicked off their plan before they even had a job. This bill allows 30 percent of young Americans currently without coverage to stay on their…

I thank the chairman for his legislation. As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I'm proud to be an original cosponsor. Mr. Speaker, we have a solemn responsibility to provide our servicemembers with the care and the services that…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day. There are more than 600,000 people in the United States who devote their lives to social work and to the improvement of…

I am outraged also. I am really outraged at the amount of money that the insurance industry has spent trying to defeat this bill that will help the American people. The companies claim they support health reform, just not this bill. But…

I would like to thank the chairman for his hard work on the underlying bill. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I know just how important it is to focus on vulnerabilities in the global supply chain, and I'm glad that my…

I would like to thank Chairman Gordon for his hard work on this bill. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I know just how important it is that we focus on cybersecurity and combating the threats that we face. It is an…

I was proud to work with my colleague, Representative Debbie Halvorson, on this amendment. It is critical that we ensure every opportunity for our veterans who have served our country so admirably. This commonsense amendment makes sure…

We all know that it's just harder to concentrate when you are hungry.

Without free or reduced meals, some children would go without breakfast or lunch.

With obesity rates on the rise, we owe it to our children to not only provide them with fresh, healthy meals.