I thank you so very much for sharing not only with the Congress, but with the country, that very moving story. I would like to now yield to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).

I would like to yield to my good friend, Mr. Schweikert, the gentleman from Arizona.

Thank you very much, Mr. Pearce, for that very moving statement. I now yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Harris).

Three-quarters of New Jersey businesses were hurt by Sandy. When asked, they put the small business loss at $8.3 billion. No wonder 100,000 storm-related unemployment claims have been filed. The Governor's office points out that public…

I thank my good friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule. When emergencies strike, large or small, Americans can always be counted on to assist and to support the victims. At our core, we are a Nation of Good…

I thank my good friend for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by my good friend and colleague, Mr. Runyan, to ensure that the funding in this bill is targeted to those fishery disasters resulting from…

I thank my good friend for yielding, and I strongly support Mr. Frelinghuysen's amendment. Madam Chair, gaps in homeowners insurance coverage and a growing realization that there will be major tax receipt losses from towns that have had…

The two-tiered amendment disaster relief bill that we had hoped to bring to the floor to get us to the $60 billion that is desperately needed to assist families, businesses, and municipalities devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Our…

I do join my colleagues in asking that the Speaker reconsider. I want to thank Majority Leader Eric Cantor who has worked tirelessly through these many days right up to the last couple of minutes. Today, families lack housing, businesses…

Almost 40 years ago, this body heard the cries of the Jewish refuseniks trapped behind the Iron Curtain, and it passed the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which brilliantly linked the free movement of goods with the free movement of people. It…

I just want to say how happy I am, and the New Jersey delegation, and what a privilege it is to welcome Don Payne to the U.S. House of Representatives, a Member from the 10th Congressional District. Don is a former city councilman where he…

I want to thank you and the other members of our House leadership for introducing this important, bi-partisan resolution. Tragically, our country will now be commemorating not only the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but also the…