I express my disappointment in the collapse of the negotiations over the 10-year tax cut deal.

I think the freight railroads have a legitimate concern when it comes to signing some of these agreements.

I just want to bring to your attention, we had Secretary Ray LaHood in front of us.

But to presume in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan that we are going to penetrate those cultures at a level to dramatically change their education system could very well be a dream world or a kid's game.

I think before we go any further on this subject, we really have to understand what is happening here. The majority party would like to do away with the health care reform law, and the way to do that is exactly that way, to try to do away…

This amendment prevents the IRS from using any funds in fiscal year 2011 to pay any employee, contractor, or grantee to enforce the individual mandate, employer mandate, or any other part of the Health Care Reform Act, including tax…

This is not about the White House; it's about who lives in the White House. First, there was an amendment to cut his staff. Then there was an amendment that was taken away about not allowing him a teleprompter, and now there's an amendment…

I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The so-called czars in the Obama administration are basically exercising a traditional function of the White House staff, which is advising the President, coordinating policy on complex issues…

Let me first clarify something. Madam Chair, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) came to me and told me where he wanted to take the cuts to pay for this. We were both unhappy about it, but we felt that it was so important to do…

The draconian cuts to EPA funding will negatively impact my congressional district which has one of the highest rates of asthma in the Nation. For many years, I have worked closely and been dependent on EPA's collaboration to address the…

You know, if you stay around here long enough, you see very interesting things happen. As I look at my friend--and when I say ``my friend,'' I really mean that, Mr. Wolf, and I think of the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Rogers, I am…

The last thing I want to do is prolong this debate this evening. It is getting late. But I think what is happening with these budget cuts, under the disguise of budget cuts, is that we are discussing some very serious issues, and at times…