I appreciate the recognition of the signing of our Constitution, which has been described as a document created by geniuses for a government that could be run by idiots. It looks pretty idiotic around here today to have been driven into a…

This is sort of a charade that's going on today. Our Republican friends allow, for example, businesses to self-certify in a whole range of other areas. This is not about that. What this is, is another attempt to sabotage health care…

Let's be clear: this is not about the integrity of the tax system. There are any number of areas where we rely far more on discretion to individual taxpayers, and there's no appetite, actually, to move in those areas. My Republican friends…

In less than 3 weeks, the Special Immigrant Visa program expires. This is something we created to help bring people who served Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan as interpreters, guides, drivers, people who helped our soldiers, who put…

This is, indeed, a sober day of reflection on the events of 9/11. Twelve years ago today, I was on the floor of the House when we got word of the first attacks. It unleashed a series of horrific events, but those events continue to this…

Congress returns to Washington this week after a month connecting with people at home, hopefully with a little time with family and friends. Some think our overwhelming agenda was made nearly impossible with the Syrian question, which no…

This is a fitting conclusion to a week that has shown the collapse of the Republican legislative agenda. Remember, this is the time we were supposed to be voting on budgets, but the Republicans cannot even bring themselves to allow a vote…

5 years ago, if someone asked what a bow tie-wearing progressive Democrat from Oregon and my colleague Ted Poe, a cowboy, boot-wearing conservative Republican from Texas, could agree on, you would have said, Not much. Today, we are…

As an administrator and policymaker at the local, state, and federal levels, I have often seen the value of common-sense regulations that save lives. I have also seen the challenges associated with cumbersome regulations that are difficult…

In a few minutes, we will be meeting with President Obama here in the Capitol. While I appreciate the President's commitment to the economy, and I do believe he is passionate about renewing and rebuilding America, there is a certain irony…

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, we have heard on the floor that we shouldn't base our diplomacy on the Iranian political calendar--I agree--but we shouldn't base our diplomacy and our foreign policy based on our political calendar. Recently, we…

I would hope that we may take advantage of revisiting this yet again to have a teachable moment here. My good friend from New Jersey talked about some of the problems of the Metro system. As a practical matter, many of those problems are…