If we refuse to act now, if we refuse to show courage and collective will in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, I think we will never act.

I absolutely refuse to accept the status quo.

On the east coast it's almost the end of the workday. And we know that somewhere a mom who stood on her feet all day in a retail store, or broken her back all day in a nursing home, will come home, and she will see that her son or her…

The committee staffs who were involved in writing the bill are Federal employees subject to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act. There have been many distortions about this law; this is just one of them. I want to point out that one…

No, they're not. Reclaiming my time, this is just not correct. There is no one exempt from this coverage. Does the gentleman agree that he is not exempt from this coverage? Are you exempt? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman…

Reclaiming my time. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey controls the time.

The House deserves a vigorous debate on any question. It also deserves the factual record. The President, the Vice President, and the employees of the executive branch are subject to the law in the following way: because they receive…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, nays 195, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No…

I thank my friend for yielding. It is right and good that people should passionately pursue their points of view in democratic debate. But it's also our obligation to work from the same set of facts. I have sat here and listened to my…

I thank my friend. Massachusetts added nine-tenths of 1 percent of part-time jobs to the workforce. The country was 0.8. So if this bill is going to force all of these employers to drop their hours from full time to part time, why didn't…

So it's Friday afternoon at the nursing home, and Debbie and Donna are approached by the boss. The boss says, I have 5 hours of overtime this weekend. You can either have cash or comp time. Debbie says, I'll take the cash. I need the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 223, noes 204, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 137] AYES--223…