the people I represent in Brooklyn and Queens, who are currently Time Warner subscribers, are most concerned about.

I thank my good friend for that very comprehensive presentation and, in particular, for focusing in on the importance and the significance of investing in education in order to create a bright future for everybody. Certainly, we cannot…

Now let me go back to Mr. Porter. Picking up on a theme that was raised earlier, tax revenue pays in part for police protection; correct?

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his incredibly eloquent, thoughtful, and insightful presentation and analysis. We have now been joined by a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Oregon for yielding, for his support, and for his leadership, as well as to Mr. Young. Mr. Speaker, the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument pays homage to American Revolutionary War heroes and patriots…

I don't doubt that this legislation has been introduced in good faith by individuals who are supporting it, both sides of the aisle, although it does seem to be Beat Up On New York Day.

It is an honor and a privilege to once again have this opportunity to stand on the House floor as part of the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order hour. For the next 60 minutes we will have an opportunity to speak directly to the…

Is part of the premise of Federalism that each individual state has the capacity to determine for itself the best form of taxation for that particular jurisdiction?

And in the most recent study that I have seen, New York State sent $23 billion more to the Federal Government than we get back in return.

I thank my good friend and the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey for his very thoughtful and eloquent remarks and observations, and for pointing out that, while we can have disagreements, of course, here in this Chamber on matters of…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland for his very thoughtful remarks and observations, and for pointing out that if we can find a way to make sure that, collectively, the African American community is uplifted, the Latino…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady, my good friend, from the Badger State for her leadership. Mr. Chair, 50 years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson came to this very Chamber and declared a war on poverty, and as a result of the…

I thank my distinguished friend for yielding. The GOP budget is a product of the same type of extreme philosophy that gave rise to the reckless Republican shutdown last year. It is like a heat-seeking missile aimed directly at the American…

This is a real concern for the communities that I represent.

the children that I represent, some of whom are dying on the streets of Brooklyn, are from illegal guns from other parts of the country, cannot afford for us to wait for congressional action.

There is still a need, I think, for legislation to deal with the common sense measures that would help deal with the gun violence problem in this country.

I think that the suggestions related to your Department of Justice, and there are a myriad of examples, but I have got limited time, are really irresponsible, reckless, and not evidence-based.

I think we have a gun violence problem. In fact, in America 5 percent of the world's population, 50 percent of the world's guns, more than 14,000 American who died as a result of gun violence since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this bill. Dynamic scoring, as contemplated in this legislation, is nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is a desperate attempt to revive a…

I thank the distinguished gentleman, my good friend from the Silver State, Representative Steven Horsford, for his tremendous leadership in anchoring the CBC's Special Order and for the tremendous advocacy that you have consistently…

I want to thank my distinguished colleague for his comprehensive presentation as it relates to the economic trauma that many women find themselves in, given the pay disparities that continue to exist in America. Mr. Speaker, the President…

I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the Badger State, for yielding some time, as well as for the leadership that you have continued to provide, week after week, in the context of this Congressional Progressive Caucus…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to a bill that perhaps could more appropriately be called the ``Failure to Execute Our Legislative Responsibilities Act.'' This bill is a legislative solution in…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Colorado. Mr. Speaker, the people whom I represent at home in Brooklyn and in Queens have been hit hard by the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, and many of these working families are still…

I thank my good friend for his very thoughtful and comprehensive remarks and analysis of the situation that we find ourselves in and his very clear-eyed plea that we in the Congress simply do our job and raise the debt ceiling to avoid a…