As the senior member of the New York delegation, it affords me a great honor to come from the Empire State of New York, where we have so many people we are proud of, but because Mario Cuomo represented the true nature of the American…

I was in Havana, Cuba, when the President of the United States declared that he was going to relax the restrictions that we have on the embargo in Cuba, and I tell you that the people in Havana rejoiced. In the streets of Havana, they said…

I have never felt more proud of my colleague from New York, for the great leadership that he has provided, since his arrival in this august body. This is such a great country, and I love it so much. I was raised in the shadow of the Statue…

Lastly, I would like to say, as the distinguished chair moves on to his retirement from this august body, that for as long as the gentleman has been a member of this Ways and Means Committee that I have admired and I continue to respect…

Certainly, we all will be getting a lot of mail from the logging companies asking for this legislation in order to create jobs. I wish included in this package would have been the earned income tax credit, a bill that keeps people who work…

If we were serious about passing a bill that has been rehashed in this House and no action has been taken upon it, common sense and reason would dictate that we would work with the Democrats, work with the Senate, and work with the…

I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, my friend, who eloquently mentioned how the Congress should and could be working more closely together. Again, I say that yesterday proved it. I am certain that the eloquent gentleman from…

Now, the gentleman knows also that in order to get a bill passed, it really helps if you get the cooperation of the President of the United States. I would like to submit a statement for the Record from the administration which says that…

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out on this bill, I would like to enter into the Record a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. This is an objective report on the subject that we have just…

It is 10:40, September 17, 2014. And for me, this is an historic event, because I will be able to tell my grandkids and those who would listen that on the eve of the House of Representatives taking a vote that would expand the war powers…

Let me thank you so very much for giving me this opportunity to address the House. I think today and tomorrow may be recorded in history as one of the most serious decisions that this Congress has had to make. Personally, I don't know…

We were talking about war and peace. To me, we are still talking about a moral issue. Here in this great Nation, the richest in the world, we are asking people to work 40 hours, many without sick leave, many without vacations or vacation…