In just over 2 weeks, Americans who are fortunate enough to have work will get their first paycheck of 2012, and the paycheck will be lower because there's a tax increase. The question before the country today is: Should we stop that, yes…

For many American families, they will only be able to celebrate this holiday if they forget about the burdens of their daily lives. Some are about to lose their jobs, others are about to close their businesses for the last time; some are…

What we ought to be saying is we can hold down the taxes on the middle class, we can fairly extend benefits for the unemployed, we can make sure our doctors will continue to see our seniors and our disabled people if we ask the hedge fund…

I rise with profound respect for our Constitution and for my colleagues and friends who care deeply about the impact of this bill on that Constitution. It is because I have considered those issues that I would respectfully disagree with…

I thank my friend for yielding. Ninety-eight days ago, the President of the United States came to this Chamber and proposed to create jobs by cutting taxes for middle class families by about $1,500 per year. For 98 days, the majority…

I'd like to thank the chairlady from Florida and the ranking member, Mr. Berman from California, for their very forceful and effective advocacy. Iran made a choice to ignore international standards and comity and secretly develop a nuclear…

25 days from now, if the Congress doesn't act, every middle class family in this country is going to have a $1,000 tax increase. Twenty-five days from now, if the Congress doesn't act, doctors who take care of our Medicare patients are…

The Members of the House should listen to the voices that have been raised about the jobs crisis in our country. These voices are speaking loud and clear. We should also listen to the quiet voices of desperation of so many Americans who…

I thank my friend for yielding. My friend from Minnesota, the chairman of our committee, says that Congress shouldn't be picking winners and losers. I think the Congress has already picked a lot of winners in the last number of months…

For years the American Dream has been based on a basic deal: If you go to work every day and work as hard as you can, you will make a decent wage. If you get sick and have to go to the hospital, you'll have health benefits that mean that…

I would just ask the gentleman, then, if he is prepared to tell us whether the majority will put on this floor before the 31st of December a bill that suspends this tax increase on middle class Americans.

I am most certainly not in favor of that. I would frankly make up for the lost revenue with a surtax on people making more than a million dollars a year to cover it. Let me ask the gentleman another question. I understand that there are…