Madam Chair, I rise today to voice my support for H.R. 5019, the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act. This legislation will help to create jobs, while saving consumers money, and reducing our Nation's energy consumption. It will also provide an…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in so many ways, and I thank my good friend on the other side of the aisle for his leadership on this issue and many others. We are united today in a bipartisan effort, Republicans…

Mr. Speaker, as a proud member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, and the Representative of a large and vibrant community of Armenian Americans, I rise to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan in his offering of the…

Madam Speaker, this chart was produced by the Joint Economic Committee, and it shows the constant process of the creation and loss of jobs that occurs in our economy. The solid black line shows the number of private sector jobs created…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and honor one of my constituents, Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan, for graduation today from the U.S. Army's Officer Basic Leader Course. Captain Rattan was recruited and commissioned by the U.S. Army in 2006…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. I rise in support of the health care bill. Mr. Speaker, this is an historic vote. With passage of these health care reforms, 32 million people without insurance will get it…

My colleagues, a great injustice is that they have considered a pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Now, you hear that children are our future, and they are our future; yet in health care plans, to cover the cost of having a…

Mr. Speaker, as we face what may be one of the most important decisions Congress has made in our lifetime, I would like to highlight what a huge, positive impact the passage of health care reform will have on the lives of American women…

Mr. Speaker, as we contemplate a historic vote to reform health care, I would like to emphasize how critically important this bill is to the women of this country. According to a report prepared by the Joint Economic Committee, which I…

Mr. Speaker, this chart is a quick way to assess the direction things have been going in our efforts to recover from the Great Recession. While it is not success, it is definitely progress. It shows the monthly change in nonfarm payrolls…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in moving this bill to the floor. I also would like to thank Chairman Towns and Ranking Member Issa, along with Congressmen Clay and Lynch, for their support and…

Thank you, my dear friend, for your leadership and for yielding to me. Madam Speaker, as an original cosponsor of H.R. 1107 and as co-chair and cofounder of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, I rise today to celebrate the…