Joe Crowley

I don't want to speak for the chairman or for the Ranking Member, but I know my constituents in Queens do not want their tax dollars being used to subsidize political campaigns.

This investigation is notable for what you uncovered, and I think we are all disturbed by what you have discovered in terms of the abuse within college and university systems.

I think it is laudable in terms of ensuring that folks under the status are actually abiding by the requirements of that status and not abusing that.

I won't support Robin Hood in reverse, especially when people have paid into the program for deficits--for decades.

It will be difficult, if not impossible, for me and many other Democrats to support a package that is financed by shifting costs onto beneficiaries.

I thank the chairman for holding this hearing. But more importantly, I show--I thank him for showing an interest in a bipartisan approach.

The 113th Congress has been in session for over 100 days; and so far, the majority has attacked worker protections, slashed important job-training programs, and has created one manufactured fiscal cliff after another. This is the last week…

I am working on a bill that is narrowly focused, that would enable credit unions who are lending to small businesses affected by natural disasters...

Good day, Mr. Speaker. Good day, my colleagues--or as my Republican colleagues would say, bonjour. Today, we're considering the Republican budget, which is a plan modeled after European-style austerity measures. In plain English, it is…

I thank my friend and colleague from Detroit, Michigan, for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, it has been over 500 days since the Violence Against Women Act expired--500 days--and every day that has passed without a vote, my colleagues…

Starting Friday, careless and devastating across-the- board spending cuts will hit America's economy and stifle our recovery. But the only thing my colleagues on the other side of the aisle can say is: It's about time. Do we need to…

When your colleague Joseph Crowley, Representative Crowley, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Orban last spring with concerns about statements of anti-Semitism and homophobia in Hungary, the response that he received from the Prime Minister…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me this time. The Budget Control Act of 2011 sets the budget for the next 10 years. It actually says it in the name of the bill: the Budget Control Act. Many of my colleagues on either side…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey. I have never, in my 14 years, spoken from this side of the aisle. I do it today, not as a gimmick, but as part of my plea to my Republican colleagues, to all of us, not to act as Democrats and…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me this time. In the days following Superstorm Sandy, many of my colleagues from both sides of the aisle reached out to me, and I think they did the same to others throughout the quad-State region…

Last night the Republican leadership reneged on their commitment to vote on aid for the families in the States that were devastated by Superstorm Sandy. We were told it was because Republicans just couldn't stomach any additional votes in…

Let me join my colleagues in my sadness that we are here at 11:30 on the 1st of January with time running out. We just had a historic vote, a bipartisan vote, something that people didn't think we could do here, but we did do that. And now…

I think we owe it to our constituents to take this one single vote to ensure the middle class won't be held hostage any longer, one vote to give them the economic certainty that they so desperately need now, and one vote to keep our middle…

I thank my colleague from New York for yielding me this time. Ladies and gentlemen of America, this is not a mirage. We are actually here in this building, the U.S. Capitol. America, your Congress is in session and we're here to work, yet…

The American people have spoken. In this last election, they said to all of us: start to work together; have an agenda that serves the people of our country. We've all heard the expression that time is fleeting. Never before has that…

Thank you to all of my colleagues from the Northeast who stand with us today. I want to particularly thank my colleague from New York (Mr. Turner) for helping to arrange this bipartisan moment of support and to demonstrate to our country…

I thank my friend and colleague, the ranking member, for yielding me this time. With just days to go before the majority adjourns until after the election, there are numerous pressing bills we should be completing, but it seems that…

I thank my friend and colleague from Washington for yielding his time, and I want to thank all those involved in bringing this important legislation to the floor and doing it, albeit maybe a little late in some components, but getting it…

Aung San Suu Kyi has urged a decrease in international pressure on Burma. But by renewing this bill today and keeping this measure on the books even as we are open to new flexibilities, we will help send a strong signal to those in Burma…

How are my colleagues who represent Fort Dix in New Jersey going to vote on the Republicans' Tax on Our Heroes Act? My colleagues who represent Fort Bragg in North Carolina? Fort Detrick in Maryland? Fort Monroe in Virginia? Rock Island…