I thank the chairman emeritus for yielding and for his strong support of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin bill. Mr. Speaker, the United States Mint is working hard to produce spectacular coins next year honoring the…

Last Friday, sequestration went into effect. The House has passed two plans to replace sequestration with smarter, targeted spending cuts. Unfortunately, the Senate has not approved a plan. We desperately need to cut spending, but…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''. Page 32, line 6, after the dollar amount…

I would first like to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their good work on this bill. I'm inclined to support the underlying bill but believe it can be, and should be, strengthened through this amendment. The Department of…

On rollcall Number 286 on the Franks Amendment No. 54 to H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, I intended to vote ``aye.'' Stated against:

This motion, offered by my friend, the gentleman from West Virginia, instructs conferees to the Surface Transportation reauthorization conference to agree to several provisions in the Senate bill relating to Buy American requirements…

I introduced H.R. 3534 with my colleague, Mr. Mulvaney from South Carolina, to address an issue in the construction industry I know all too well: surety bonding. Bonding is not something most people think about, but it was a daily reality…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. I rise in opposition to the motion to instruct. The House has developed some of the strongest policy reforms in decades. I, for one, am not ready to give them up. I thank Chairman Mica in particular for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. They are the catalyst for job growth and job creation all across our Nation. They certainly are in upstate New York where I started my own…

Thank you for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I am speaking on the previous offering by Mr. Mulvaney. I'd like to rise and speak in opposition to the administration's proposed 2013 budget plan. I'd like to speak about one particular issue of…

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in proud support of H.R. 2061, the Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011. First, I would like to thank a few of my colleagues for helping to bring this bill to the…

I thank the gentleman from New Mexico. While every student of baseball knows, including my sister, Robin, who has told me many times that the New York Yankees are the finest team in the history of baseball, I would like to take this…