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Let me thank my colleague for yielding and let me start by also thanking him and the members of the Government Reform Committee for their work on this bill. Also I want to thank our 50 cosponsors and all the Members on both sides of the…
Let me start out by thanking the members of the Oversight & Government Reform Committee for their work on this bill. Thank you also to our 50 cosponsors and all the members on both sides who are standing with us today. I appreciate the…
The administration has to do more to make it clear what the objective in Libya is and the United States' role in it.
House Speaker John Boehner sent a letter to President Obama today complaining that military resources were committed without the President clearly explaining to Congress what the mission is.
What helps make the People's House so special is its people. Every day, the staff members here give their time and energy not just doing the job, but fulfilling the mission of keeping this body closest to the American people. Members come…
My colleagues, I think a lot of you know that I have always believed that the House works best when the House is allowed to work its will. I think all of you know that we are embarking on a more open process in this Congress, and it will…
It's not my job to tell the American people what to think. Our job in Washington is to listen to the American people. Having said that, the state of Hawaii has said that he was born there; that's good enough for me. Now, the President says…
The Speaker of the House, John Boehner, directed that this bill receive the designation H.R. 3 as 'one of our highest legislative priorities.'
H.R. 3 is a bipartisan bill that takes a step to turn America away from that tragedy.
Those words are a crystal clear reflection of the Proclamation and the Declaration of Independence that declares that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, those being life, liberty, and…
The hearings planned by Chairman King, however, are inconsistent with this vision of America.
I am going to thank all the Members of this body for a spirited but respectful debate on what is a critical issue to the American people. Both sides of the aisle have very different viewpoints on what government's role in this health care…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a threat to U.S. businesses and will place a crushing debt burden on future generations of Americans.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains expensive mandates and penalties that create major barriers to stronger job growth.
And my colleagues, today we are called here to mourn. An unspeakable act of violence has taken six innocent lives, and left several more--including our colleague, Gabrielle Giffords--battling for theirs. These are difficult hours for our…
We the People, of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and…
The state of Hawaii has said that President Obama was born there. That's good enough for me.
I am honored and humbled to represent a great, hardworking community in Congress. The people of Ohio's Eighth Congressional District continue to afford me the privilege to serve, for which I am deeply grateful. We gather here today at a…
We will start first by cutting our own budget. It will be one of our first votes. Then we will turn our attention to the rest of the federal budget and the job-killing policies that are denying economic growth and opportunity for the…
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that our plan will lower premiums by up to 10 percent for small businesses, which will make health care more affordable and help create jobs in America.
If your intention is to create a new government program, you must also terminate or reduce an existing program of equal or greater size in the same bill.
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