Well, Mr. President, I used to run a small business. Mr. President, take it from me. The private sector is not doing well.

A president on whose watch the United States lost its gold-plated triple-A rating for the first time in our history;

For the solution to what ails our economy is not government--it's the American people.

A Senate, controlled by the president's party, that has not passed a budget in more than three years;

When the time comes I will again insist. My simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase.

When the time comes, I will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase.

How in the world did we ever get here? Think about this. This is a fight being picked over an issue that everyone knew was going to be resolved. It's a fight being picked over an issue that there is no fight over. Five years ago, the…

I claim time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

People want to politicize this because it's an election year. But, my God, do we have to fight about everything? And now, now we're going to have a fight over women's health. Give me a break. You know, this is the -- this is the latest…

Let me thank my colleague for yielding and let me say thanks to Chairman Ryan and members of the Budget Committee for a job well done. This is a tough process, making real decisions about our path for the future. The interesting thing I've…

It's my privilege today to pay tribute to John Sullivan, who will retire this week after 8 years of service as our Parliamentarian and 25 years of service to this House. John leaves his post with much to be proud of, starting with a first…

Now, this is what I'm calling the Obama energy gap. Up here in Canada and in North Dakota we've got all this oil. And the president is down here in Oklahoma taking credit for part of -- of the pipeline that's going to go through the normal…

inappropriate, but so were attempts to exploit it.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. My colleagues know that I don't often come to the floor and speak on bills; but as I saw this bill coming up today, I thought to myself, here is a perfect example of government getting in the way. I…

this is a debate we want to have.

House Speaker John Boehner today defended a payroll tax extension deal that will cost the treasury $100 billion.

My colleagues, in recent days, Americans of every faith and political persuasion have mobilized in objection to a rule put forward by the Obama administration that constitutes an unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country. This…

Life, especially protecting our unborn children and infants, should not be a matter of party or economic commodity.

it may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world.

Doing the right thing for the right reason is always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren't willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it…

It may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world.

Doing the right thing for the right reasons is always the right thing to do.

Let me thank my colleague for yielding. As I was attempting to eat my lunch, I heard my name invoked more than once about what I did and what I didn't do. I just want all of my colleagues to know that the President asked us to extend the…

I thank my colleague for yielding. As they've pointed out, next week, December 26, marks the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill's address to a joint meeting of the Congress. Less than 3 weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor…

When Speaker Boehner was told that his economic ideas would cause layoffs, he said, and I quote, 'so be it.'