Six months ago, I said the three most important issues in this country are jobs, jobs, jobs, and I said it 6 months before that. I say it now. But while we are working to restore our economy and put people back to work, we must extend…

I rise today in support of the Senate amendments to H.R. 3219, the Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act. It is this Nation's responsibility, indeed, it is our honor, to provide care to the brave men and women who have…

This is a very important piece of legislation for the people that I represent. Nevada is in a world of hurt. I've got the highest unemployment rate in the country and the highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the country. Small businesses…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill. I especially want to thank Chairman Edwards and Ranking Member Wamp for providing the resources our Nation's veterans desperately need and for providing additional funding for FY2012. This…

I rise in very strong support of this bill. This is a product of a 2-year investigation into international child sex tourism and exploitation. International Megan's Law would establish a system for providing advance notice to foreign…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 266, expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization, the ICAO. As cochairman of the Congressional Taiwan…

Thank you very much for yielding. Let me tell you something about the State of Nevada. We have the highest unemployment rate in the country--14rac{1}{2} percent unemployed-- our fellow citizens with no jobs to go to and no jobs to seek…

I am going to be putting into the Congressional Record an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled Early Disaster Response in Haiti: the Israeli Field Hospital Experience. It talks about how the Israeli Defense Forces Medical…

What I'm looking for is relief for the people that I represent. Nevada's unemployment rate went up last month. We are the highest in the country, officially over 14 percent, probably closer to 20 percent, which means a fifth of the people…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your extraordinary work. Every day I receive calls from dedicated physicians who tell me that if this 21 percent cut goes through they are no longer going to be able to continue to treat their Medicare…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this legislation. Iran's nuclear program represents as much of a threat to the United States, to Europe, and to the Arab world as it does to Israel. It is absolutely essential that we stop…

It's time to put partisan politics aside and pass a jobs bill that would do the following: extend unemployment benefits to the thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens that find themselves unemployed due to no fault of their own…