This is the freest, safest country in the history of the Jewish people. But regrettably, as you said, in the last 20 years we have experienced dramatic rises in violent extremism and actual attacks, and we need to fill in the gaps.

I do believe that it is time for the Congress to designate the nonprofit and the faith-based sectors as critical infrastructure to this country with respect to domestic violence.

I urge the Members to talk to their law enforcement officers in their communities, talk to the prosecutors, and talk to the police. They are calling me. They are beginning the House to pass this bill. They are asking us to take the weapons…

I rise today to express my very strong support for H.R. 4296--a bill that will ban the manufacture and possession of 19 semi-automatic assault weapons. I commend my colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee for bringing this bill to the…

I subscribe and associate myself with all of her remarks, particularly her very eloquent statement on behalf of real reform and understanding that if we do not fundamentally change the delivery systems that deal with people who find…

I simply want to take one moment to say that with all this debate we sometimes forget what this bill is about. There are a couple simple questions before the House. First, should everyone who lobbies, who actually engages in the business…

Mr. Speaker, we are all familiar with the expression that ``a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.'' Clearly, restoring the public's faith and confidence in this institution is a journey of a thousand miles. We take more…

Mr. Chairman, the gentleman began his statement by saying we should not rely on buzzwords and then he listed a variety of them. He said, ``Including the risk of losing Federal funds.'' The gentleman just stated that the precise sanction in…

I intend to support a balanced budget amendment. Indeed I intend to support a number of different proposals in the hopes that at the end of the day we will have a balanced budget amendment pass this House of Representatives. I care about…

I have never been more proud of my constituents than I have been on the many occasions, virtually every week that I have had the chance to visit one school or another in my district and talk to the students of all ages about their views of…

Nothing could be further from the truth. I am not making this up; you are not making up this issue. This is the first question asked by my constituents at every health care town hall meeting. And it really made me sad, because the fact is…

I think there was a unifying theme to our election. That was the sense that we had to restore the public's faith in the operations of this institution. Very quickly, we realize that we could not do that if we stayed in our separate corners…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding the time. The gentleman from Indiana, my good friend, is right. This is a very difficult vote and a tough choice, but the good news is that Members do not need to have a long-term memory to understand…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding the time. The gentleman from Indiana, my good friend, is right. This is a very difficult vote and a tough choice, but the good news is that Members do not need to have a long-term memory to understand…