Jim Renacci

This bipartisan bill would encourage job creation by providing States with more flexibility to help unemployed individuals collect paychecks instead of benefit checks.

I firmly believe that we must place progress over politics and work together to end the job-crushing politics that have consumed Washington and choked progress toward economic recovery.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge approval of H.R. 709, the Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act. This bipartisan legislation has over 50 cosponsors and actually passed by voice vote in a previous Congress. I think the…

I want to thank the chairman; I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois for his comments; and I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia, my colleague from the other side. {time} 1500 Look, it is pretty simple. It is unacceptable for a…

Okay. So I think the answer has to be not shifting because if we are shifting we are not doing anything. The unfunded liabilities are continuing. We have to come up with a plan as to how we can fix this program.

The Social Security Disability Program provides an essential income safety net. We all know that it will be unable to pay full benefits in 2016.

Social Security is really on an unsustainable path. This should be of serious concern to my colleagues and the American taxpayers.

I hope at some point in time we can do that going forward, because I do want to look at that 24-year-old some day and say: You can do the same thing.

We cannot continue to jump from budget crisis to budget crisis.

I am shocked to hear our friends across the aisle when they say there is no cause for immediate action.

Our country is more than 17 trillion in debt and digging our way out is not as simple as cashing in on Treasury securities.

Poverty has increased by approximately 58 percent over the last decade, despite a stagnant population and a whole host of federal programs created to end the cycle of poverty.

The bill before us today offers a realistic alternative to the EPA's misguided and unachievable approach to regulating new and existing power plants. I applaud Representative Whitfield's efforts on this critical piece of legislation, and I…

I often wondered why some of this legislation would come out of Washington, and then I realized many times when legislation comes out of Washington, it is by people who never have to live with it.

The Cleveland Clinic, which is ranked among the top four hospitals, has announced layoffs of employees as a direct result of the Affordable Care Act.

It is shocking when I hear many of my colleagues on the other side say this is not affecting some of these people.

The issue, though, isn't just the bad guys, because there are always going to be bad guys.

The number one goal of every one of us in this Administration is to make sure we protect the taxpayers' dollars.

I want to thank my colleague. I rise today in support of the Flores amendment, which would make public States that have established efficient and regulatory programs that both encourage domestic development of our resources and protect the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the time. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today with many of my colleagues who worked together as part of a bipartisan working group, including Mr. Carney, Mr. Heck, Mr. Delaney, and others, in strong support…

I hope the American people are listening to this debate because the American people are the ones who have the right, they have the right to know that they are not going to be targeted, whether they're conservative, liberal, whatever…

I would like to start by saying this bill has nothing to do with the current investigation. It's really about installing public confidence back when it comes to the IRS. I would also like to say this that bill makes no changes to the…

On rollcall No. 296 I was unavoidable detained and missed the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 5, as Modified, Offered by Mr. Cassidy The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded…

We have an obligation to stand with our veterans and help ease their transition to civilian life.

We must do more for our veterans who are returning from recent conflicts so that they can compete and thrive in the 21st century economy.