Rob Andrews: “Congratulations on your election to the chairmanship of this subcommittee, and thank you for the gentile and open…”

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

I would like to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for all their hard work on this bill. In the spring of 2011, a very brave band of Americans executed a mission that brought the country to its feet in ending the reign of…

I thank my friend for the time. Mr. Speaker, there's been an avalanche of talk from both sides, an avalanche of opinion. That's democracy. I think there is one indisputable fact, and that is the one way to end the government shutdown today…

It is appalling. But, you know, when all seems lost, there are some metrics... that make you feel a little more optimistic.