Bill Pascrell

The president proposed the American Jobs Act, which included $35 billion to reverse this trend, but it stalled in the Congress.

At the beginning of 2009, in the face of political timidity and outright obstructionism, we acted to stem the drop in economic growth and unemployment, and we passed the Recovery Act, February of 2009.

We had a very different situation in terms of President Bush I when you lowered taxes, and Mr. Clinton raised taxes.

In just a few hours, the President of the United States will be on the floor to present his ideas as to how we can grow our economy and put the American people back to work. I hope the majority keeps an open mind and rejects the extreme…

I want to state for the Record that on January 23, 2012, I missed the two rollcall votes of the day. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 5, on H.R. 3117--Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2011…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Listening to this debate, you're not hearing the same thing you heard 7 months ago I'm told. But when you look away, then you say: Gee, didn't I hear this before. Maybe that is true on both sides. Bruce…

Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. This is not a fraternity house. This is the House of Representatives. Yet what have we wrought? I heard someone, two people say on this floor, quoting the President of the United States--they should apologize…

Over 8 years since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are still not properly addressing traumatic brain injury, also known as the signature injury of both wars. {time} 1300 I want to thank Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member…

I want to commend Mr. Camp and Mr. Levin for working hard on these issues. I think they do try to put the country before the party. But this bill is terrible. It is terrible. The holidays must have come early for the majority. What we have…

As cochair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, one of my top priorities is to help our servicemembers with brain injuries. With posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury recognized as the signature injuries of the…

I missed the last rollcall vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 859, on H. Res. 470--Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3094-- Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act.

I thank the gentleman. ``The fact that State governments need to work against these effects in their own budgets--need to take action to raise taxes or cut spending in recessions--undoes the automatic stabilizers, essentially, at the State…

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, this attempt to change the Constitution of the United States is a real disaster. We all want to make sure we balance the budgets, but to compare our household budget to the national budget is…

Twelve thousand fewer police officers we have in this country; 12,000 fewer police officers in our streets. We should be worried about that as a priority rather than this as a priority. So I made the decision. The evidence is like this…

I had to make a choice on this bill, whether I would support a disputable constitutional issue about whether you can by law carry a concealed weapon or move towards the other side to those who oppose this. Now, who opposes this legislation…

Just a few days ago, Bernard Melekian, who is Director of the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, produced a job loss ratio and report on the police departments throughout the United States of America. Mr…

I rise in strong support of the motion so that we can amend the rule and provide for the consideration of a bill that will create over 1 million jobs, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. The floor schedule of the House has long been…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding. I want to thank Mr. Dicks for his leadership on this issue. I want to thank Mr. Rogers for his open-mindedness, as usual, hopefully as we go into this discussion. As cochair of the House…

We are out of excuses, Mr. Speaker. We really are. We've got support from both sides of the aisle on this. There are over 14 million people unemployed in America. The bill costs nothing to the taxpayer. This is amazing that we're putting…

Good morning. I come to the floor today in support of H.R. 674, which will repeal a burden on government contractors, particularly small businesses. I opposed the enactment of the 3 percent withholding when a Republican Congress and a…

I just want to pause--I know my good friend from California this morning did mention this--to say goodbye to Trish Madson. This was her last day as Chief Journal Clerk for the Congress of the United States. She has been here 44 years, 7…

I think we can conclude, I don't think this is hyperbole, and I want to thank the panelists for being here today, that we have become China apologists.

I remember the issue when I first came into the Congress when Chris Smith, my brother from New Jersey, a Republican, was pursuing the path of intolerance of religious differences in China.

Panama will be the only trade deal that I will vote for because they import very little to the United States in the first place. More importantly, this allows for, as I see it, new opportunities for the U.S. gulf and east coast ports. Over…

In fact, the updated report they provided to Congress contains a very specific disclaimer that is not an official estimate. When are we going to stop the hemorrhaging of American jobs? It is part of what we've gone through, both parties…