The Ex-Im Bank is a self-supporting entity that promotes foreign trade through its credit and loan guarantees.

Free trade agreements, especially NAFTA and others with Latin American countries, promote exports and jobs here in the U.S.

Increased coordination between agencies--including a One-Stop Shop--will help more small businesses access the tools they need to export.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass the bipartisan, Senate-passed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Early in my career, one of my first experiences was working with victims of domestic violence who were…

There are obviously very disturbing trends in Egypt that must be closely monitored.

I, too, am concerned about the reports of rape and attacks on women protesters.

Many of the groups opposing this bill also oppose Nonprofit Security Grant funding, historic preservation grants, and parochial school funding after Katrina. They oppose Federal assistance that helped rebuild the Trinity Parish Episcopal…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to strongly urge my colleagues to support H.R. 592, the Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013. I want to also thank my colleague, Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, for his wonderful…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great passion and urgency to talk about our need, as Members of Congress, to strengthen our Nation's gun violence prevention laws. Last night at the State of the Union, President Obama said it best--gun…

Small businesses are the engines that drive our economy.

They are responsible for creating 65% of net new jobs in the past 17 years.