I am pleased that today, I am witnessing a glimmer of hope that bi-partisanship based around enacting job creating legislation and helping the middle class is possible. This is something that has been sorely missed throughout the 112th…

I missed the one rollcall vote for the day. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 49, on Approving the Journal. ____________________

We were all in on this for good or for bad, and we could level the same criticisms about bailing out the auto industry. Some banks took advantage of it and played it straight; some did not.

I would agree with much of what the gentleman is saying, and we need a bipartisan solution.

The problem is, you've failed to mention that how you paid for this is what really caused the disagreement, whether it was August or even December. Even December, go back to December when we had another opportunity, and we did not rise to…

In New Jersey, this means the construction industry would lose over $100 billion in sales; manufacturing would lose $285 million in sales; and real estate professionals would lose $159 million in sales. Overall, there would be a reduction…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, thankfully we're in a leap year, because we have 2 weeks to the day to come to an agreement to extend the payroll tax cut, the doc fix, and the important unemployment benefits. We can't let…

With regard to the title of this legislation, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act, maybe they should have stopped there, Madam Chair, because the rest of the bill is not transparency at all. We still want to deal in the mist, we…

You squeezed them so they lay off police officers, they lay off teachers, and they lay off firefighters, and you're telling America, Madam Chair, don't worry about it, this will all be over, this is simply that we all have to have shared…

I missed the two rollcall votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 34, on H. Res. 537--Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1734-- Civilian Property Realignment Act. Additionally, had I been…

I want to state for the Record that on February 2, 2012, I missed the last seven rollcall votes of the day. Had I been present I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 24, on the Peters Amendment; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 25…

While I am pleased that this Congress is looking at reforming the budget process, I do not believe this legislation is the solution. The biggest problem with the budget is that, while the game may not be perfect, the players are the reason…