I'll be more than pleased to yield to the gentleman when I finish. Madam Chairman, the Republican majority claims their priority is to create jobs and promote economic development. However, here we are today with an appropriations bill…

Right now, student loan debt is higher than credit card debt for the first time in history. College costs are growing each year, forcing students to take out more loans to get the same education--an education that gives them the keys to…

I thank Ranking Member Fattah for yielding me this time. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly rise today to oppose the fiscal year 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill, but I want to commend Chairman Wolf and…

I would like to engage in a colloquy with Chairman Wolf. There has been a dramatic increase in financial and mortgage fraud as a result of the recent economic crisis, and additional resources are needed to protect the American people and…

I rise in strong support of the Michaud amendment to keep level funding for the Economic Development Administration, and I want to thank Congressman Michaud for offering this important amendment. He is a true leader in protecting American…

I thank the gentleman. Let me just state for the record that the average return on investment for one corporate fraud agent was approximately $54 million over the last 3 years in fines and restitution that they get back for our taxpayers…

That is morally and civilly unacceptable. Why should we give millionaires special tax rates, significantly lower for many of them, than what average working Americans pay?

Truthfully, the Republican budget is not a serious proposal to do so. Republican math actually ends up hurting people.

We need to grow this economy and not give any more bad starts or fitful starts to harm growth and to rein in the deficit and restore our financial health.

I want to thank Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Van Hollen for holding a hearing this morning on something very important.

I thank Ranking Member Van Hollen for yielding the time and stand to say that jobs need to be America's number one priority. The Republican budget shows, once again, that Republicans don't have a jobs agenda. You balance family and…

Once again, Republicans in the House have put forward a budget that ends Medicare as we know it. This is an all- out Republican assault on Medicare and our Nation's middle class. Who benefits from this Republican budget? Millionaires…