We're not interested in passing something without -- with a majority of Democrats, without the majority of his own caucus.

We need to attack the spending. And we need to not just raise taxes, because even if we, for argument's sake, give the president every tax increase he wants, we are still looking at a trillion-dollar debt every single year. We need to…

Congress is ultimately responsible for legislative changes that will improve the long-term health and stability of the multiemployer pension system.

Later, House Speaker John Boehner accused the White House of failing to offer a deal balancing tax hikes and spending cuts.

Speaker Boehner is looking for the president to do more on spending cuts.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. I have proudly represented the people of the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio now for 22 years. During that time, our State delegation has had a long line of great leaders and great legislators…

Last week, Republicans made a serious offer to avert the fiscal cliff, and most of it was based on testimony given last year by President Clinton's former Chief of Staff, Erskine Bowles. As Mr. Bowles himself said on Sunday: ``We have to…

Speaker John Boehner is telling House Republicans not to make Christmas break plans, because they might have to work through the holiday on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Where are the president's spending cuts? The longer the White House slow walks this process the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff.

As for House Speaker Boehner who he met with yesterday at the White House, he said the GOP offer remains the same, no rate hikes.

not only we're putting the $800 billion on the table but we're going to aim it at the rich. And the rich are the ones who are going to pay.

I would say we're nowhere. Period.

We need to get serious.

The president's idea of a negotiation is roll over and do what I ask.

It's unfortunate that the White House has spent three weeks doing basically nothing.

It was not a serious proposal. And so right now, we're almost nowhere.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 6604, and I commend my colleague, the gentlelady from California (Ms. Pelosi), for sponsoring this resolution. Tip O'Neill needs no introduction to this body. Every…

No substantive progress has been made in the talks between the White House and the House over the last two weeks. I got to tell you, I'm disappointed in where we are. I'm disappointed in what's happened over the last couple of weeks. But…

Over the course of our history, nearly 10,750 individuals have served in the House of Representatives. According to congressional historians, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Hall, has just become the oldest known House Member to cast a…

The American people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates.

I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him. It will hurt small businesses. It will hurt our economy. That is why this is not the right approach.

On Wednesday, I outlined a responsible path forward to avert the fiscal cliff without raising tax rates. About 24 hours after I spoke, the Congressional Budget Office released a report showing that the most harmful consequences of the…

Raising tax rates is unacceptable, and frankly, it couldn't even pass the House. I'm not sure it can pass the Senate.

They want solutions. But we've all come a long way over the last two years, I think we all understand each other a lot better.

Listen, I think this has been the most misreported story of my two years' tenure. We don't have a Tea Party caucus to speak of in the House.