Congressman Garamendi, I want to thank you for your leadership coming from California. And my dear, dear colleague Tim Ryan from the eastern quarter of Ohio, what a privilege it is to be here with you as well and to be a voice for we the…

I would just like to say, for investment in our ports, in our airports, in our rail, what could be more important to our country? When I was born, there were 146 million people in this country. We're now near 320 million people. By 2050…

I thank the gentleman from Maine for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here today voicing the concerns of America's workers and rise in opposition to the Panama free trade agreement, as well as the South Korean and Colombian. Like…

I thank the gentleman. I'm from northern Ohio. Just to clarify what this means for one of America's lodestar industries, here's a little graph that shows how many Korean cars are coming into the United States today, over half a million…

I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the hardest-working workers in America--the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers--in opposition to this Korean free trade…

I thank my dear colleague Mr. Michaud, who has fought equally hard. I'm proud to stand here on behalf of the communities and workers and businesses of our country that want to compete on a level playing field. The problem with our trade…

I thank my dear friend Mr. Levin for yielding. It's time for America to negotiate fair trade agreements that create jobs in America and are based on a rule of law, respect for life and liberty before profits for the few. I rise in…

I want to thank my good friend from Ohio for yielding me the time and for his steadfast opposition to these free trade agreements, and I rise in strong opposition to this proposed Panama Free Trade Agreement. Who in their right mind could…

I thank the gentleman from Maine for yielding and rise in opposition to the proposed South Korea trade accord. Look, my friends, South Korea's market is basically closed. You can't see any other cars on the road there other than Korean…

Some pundits are criticizing the Wall Street demonstrators as unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. Well, let me render this opinion: It is Congress that is unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. It is Congress that has not met its…

I thank the ranking member, Ms. Slaughter of New York, for granting me this time to say, at first, I really didn't believe it when someone suggested to me that the Republican Party would really like to defeat President Obama by raising the…

Listening to the prior Member talk about small business, I have to say I agree that small business is the biggest engine for job creation in this country. It was such a pleasure today to join Vice President Joe Biden at Wrap-Tite, Inc., in…