I rise today along with my colleagues to mark a very sad occasion: The fourth anniversary of the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. If the world needs evidence of Hamas' cruelty, they need look no further than the kidnapping of…

It has been 1 year since Ahmadinejad and his thugs stole the election in Iran. The world watched with shock as 1 million Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to protest the so-called results of the sham election, and dismay as the…

The horrific crisis and tragedy in the gulf must be a wake-up call to America that we must break our addiction to fossil fuel and move with all deliberate haste to a renewable energy future or America simply will have no future. Energy…

The Republicans in the Senate are once again doing everything they can to destroy Medicare for millions of seniors by blocking legislation that will stop the 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for our elderly citizens. They say…

Nevada is hurting. The people I represent in Southern Nevada are hurting. This bill extends the unemployment benefits for the 14.2 percent of my fellow Americans who find themselves unemployed so they can pay their bills and feed their…

The time has come for this Congress to come to grips with the serious crisis in our health care system, the reimbursement of our doctors for treating our Medicare patients. Unless we act, there will be a 21 percent cut in Medicare…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution. Israel's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a prestigious group of the world's most advanced economies, is a monumental achievement and is…

Well, if it wasn't for your leadership we might not be here this evening doing this, so I thank you. Congresswoman, when you and I hear the beautiful song ``God Bless America,'' it means a great deal to us because I think every day God…

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz, my family story is very much an American Jewish story. And not unlike so many millions of other American Jews that came to our shores from other places, my mother's side of the family comes from…

I rise today to join with Polish Americans, with our Nation and, indeed, with the whole world in expressing our deepest sympathies to the people of Poland following this weekend's tragedy that killed their President, the First Lady and a…

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership. This legislation is yet another strong step towards economic recovery for Las Vegas, the State of Nevada, and the Nation. The provisions of this bill will spur the creation and growth of…

The State of Nevada is opposed to storing this Nation's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. President Obama pulled the plug because, and only because there is no scientific evidence, and there never has been, that Yucca Mountain can…