the right to vote in a free and fair election and the right to have our votes counted, is at the heart of our system of government.

If we are going to turn these hearings into veritable able kangaroo courts, then we should drop the pretense that we are actually engaged in objective oversight or legitimate fact finding.

We are back again with another oversight hearing airing allegations, most of them demonstrably false, against the Department of Justice without inviting the Department of Justice to testify.

The Voting Section must ensure that those military members who are defending our Republic have the opportunity to participate in it.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the Republican budget. Once again, the Republicans move a slash-and-burn budget that would turn Medicare into a private voucher system and force seniors to spend more than $6,000 out of pocket…

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Motion to Concur with the Senate Amendment to H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, JOBS, Act. Many of us agree with the general principle that we should modernize the financial system…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in opposition to this deeply flawed and deceptively named legislation. Contrary to the bill's title, this bill will not promote access to better health care nor will it make health care more…

How would you strike that balance?

Neither Congress nor the Executive Branch is free to ignore these interests, and--far from waging a war on the Constitution or on religion--President Obama and his Administration have sought a sensible balance that ensures that all women…

the First Amendment, "gives no one the right to insist that in pursuit of their own interests others must conform their conduct to his own religious necessities."

Sacrificing the rights and needs of women and of the public health by removing the requirement for these critical services or broadly exempting anyone who might object is neither wise nor is it constitutional.