I appreciate the gentleman's honesty. With that, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).

A strong Japan helps create a strong U.S. is the sense that we have.

Seniors making $40,000 a year are considered wealthy and deserve to see their Medicare costs go up; but a small, temporary income tax surcharge on people earning over $1 million a year, that's not acceptable? Let's reject this bill…

I thank my colleague and friend from the State of Michigan (Mr. Levin) for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3630. Today the Republican Party's true colors are fully exposed and on display--and it…

I have been on record saying I would have voted no for that agreement, given the lack of inclusion of labor standards, as well as environmental standards.

New York is home, as you know, to much of the service industries in the country today.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I played a little basketball in my day. I grew up on a schoolyard, and we chose teams. We didn't need referees, quite frankly, because we chose teams fairly. You don't…

In over 300 days here on the floor, there has not been a single jobs bill offered by my Republican colleagues to put Americans back to work. Instead, once again, they've put on the floor a bill to hurt the American worker, the American…

if the worst thing you can say today about the health care law that we passed, also known as the Affordable Care Act, is that it only provided 228,000 small businesses with a tax cut, averaging $1,220, then it is clear to me that we have…

There is a charge in the House of Representatives to repeal the health care law as we know it, known as the Affordable Care Act, to eliminate all future benefits, such as this small business tax break, and to reclaim all past benefits.

Let me just for the record really point out other benefits. No mandates on any employer with under 50 employees to comply with this.

But you are suggesting maybe on $64,000 a year that people are living a little bit of the high life.