Thank you, Chairman Camp, for your leadership on this important issue and your leadership on the tax-writing committee. If we would have had similar leadership in the Senate and at the White House, we would have a different discussion…

I would like to read from the letter that I received from the National Association of Manufacturers. Having certainty over the tax treatment of critical investments will make planning for future investments significantly easier. Capital…

I will tell the gentleman from Michigan my constituents don't have to be scared. They watch us. I don't have to tell them anything. And I am certainly not going to tell Mr. Skinner or Mr. Price, trust us, we will retroactively, we will…

Just for the record, the gentleman from Texas has voted for the policy of either increasing or extending section 179, without offsets, six times on a temporary basis for a total of 8 years.

The gentleman from Michigan has time to yield to the gentleman from Texas. The motion to recommit that the minority keeps talking about today will add billions to the deficit as well, and as I explained earlier, the problem with the…

On rollcalls No. 241 and No. 242 I did not cast my vote due to a weather-related flight delay. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both. ____________________

I would like to thank the gentleman from Michigan for his kind words about the honoree today. I rise in support of the bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to a Buckeye native, Jack Nicklaus. As Mr. Huizenga said, often called the…

On rollcall No. 600 (final passage of H.R. 1965) I was unavoidably detained and did not cast my vote. Had I been present, I would have voted, ``yea.'' ____________________

Let's review real quick here for everybody. We have a fiscal cliff occurring at the beginning of next year--12 short days. That means taxes go up for everybody who pay taxes and across-the-board spending cuts. The Democrat alternative, the…

I would now like to recognize one of our new Members who is returning for his second term from northeast Ohio, Mr. Jim Renacci.

Tonight, we from Ohio would like to recognize and thank for their service five departing Members from the Ohio delegation. Congressmen Steve Austria, Dennis Kucinich, Steve LaTourette, Jean Schmidt, and Betty Sutton will end their service…

It is indeed a privilege to recognize one of the more famous members of our delegation because he is the Speaker of the House. Our leader, Mr. Boehner, is recognized.