It was 50 years ago that then-President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. I rise today to join my colleagues in recognizing the 50th anniversary of this declaration, this promise that America will be a better place for the…

How much time is left on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Louisiana has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The only threat, Mr. Speaker, to the freedoms of Americans is not the bill we are discussing on the floor today but the bill that was announced this afternoon, the Tax Reform Act of 2014--the freedom of Americans to purchase their first…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard the outrage and the innuendos from my Republican colleagues and their chief mouthpiece, FOX News. The facts should show this is…

I just want to remind the gentleman from Ohio that this tax bill, know as the Tax Reform Act of 2014, which was made public today, will be a sucker punch to the guts of families who live in higher tax States, like Illinois, Wisconsin…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides, for housekeeping purposes? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 22 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Louisiana has 21\1/2\ minutes remaining.

My good friend from Louisiana would continue to have you believe that only right-wing and conservative groups were being investigated when in fact he knows and we know that it went well beyond that. There were progressive groups who were…

Obviously my Republican colleagues don't want to talk about their radical Republican tax bill. I understand. I know why, because it is an actual bill on the American taxpaying public, a bill that would tax Social Security and would…

I would inquire as to the time remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 21 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 25\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from California, Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democratic Caucus in the House.

I am prepared to close as well, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I appreciate all of my colleagues coming down to the floor this afternoon to speak in favor of this proposed bill. I do think it is noteworthy to…

We should be doing more, not less. What is really troubling is that I know there are some on the other side of the aisle who think this doesn't cut food assistance enough. Imagine that--there is $8 billion--$8 billion worth of cuts in this…