I thank my colleague from Alabama. I would just like to add with all of this that I think the reason why we have such uncertainty in the marketplace with the job creators is because they're looking at us and are saying, You lack fiscal…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, I really want to talk about something that I think is very critical for this Nation. It's about how we get our spending in order. I came from local government before I got here and then State government…

I thank my good friend from Missouri. You know, I often talk about kitchen table politics in this well because as Ronald Reagan said in his farewell speech, all good ideas begin at the dinner table. And they do. Look at this poster. This…

I'm actually one of the folks that read the bill before we passed it, and there are passages in the bill that do allow for Federal funding of abortion. What this bill does is it seeks to correct that language. The Hyde amendment clearly…

Just tonight we passed the debt ceiling vote, and it had a very critical feature, a feature that requires accountability in our House--a balanced budget amendment. Every day, millions of Americans sit at their kitchen tables, trying to…

I thank my good friend Mrs. Ellmers from North Carolina for hosting this Special Order this evening because this is about America's future and about America doing what each and every woman, each and every man, each and every family has to…

Today I rise to honor something really wonderful in my district, the 125th birthday of America's sixth-oldest amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio. What began as a 20-acre apple orchard on the banks of the Ohio River in 1867 was quickly…

I thank my good friend from Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I really want to say thank you to my parents for instilling in me the opportunity to live the American Dream. My father didn't have much as a child. He didn't even…

A few moments ago my friend from California had an amendment that she did withdraw that really wanted to codify into law the USDA's rules regarding the school lunch program. And while I won't go into the lengthy reasons why it's the wrong…

It is a sad day for my district because today we're going to lay an American hero to rest, Private First Class William ``Seth'' Blevins. He was only 21. Just before Christmas in 1989, on December 22, Steven and Trish Wagnoner Blevins got…

I want to thank Chris Smith and Chairman Smith for this very simple but profound bill. Ladies and gentlemen, all this bill does is end public funding-- taxpayer funding--of abortion. The driving force behind H.R. 3 is simply to update the…

You know, times are tough, including in Congress. And we have to find wise ways to spend our taxpayer dollars. For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion. Planned Parenthood does over…

May I inquire as to the balance of the time for both myself and Mr. Gibbs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 1\1/2\ minutes, and the gentleman from Ohio has 5\1/4\ minutes.

I would like to yield 2 minutes to my good friend from Idaho (Mr. Simpson), the chairman of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations.

It is imperative that we act in a timely manner on H.R. 872 to ensure that our small businesses, farmers, communities, counties, and State and Federal agencies will not be burdened with a costly, duplicative permit requirement that offers…

Thank you to the gentlelady from North Carolina for so eloquently pointing out some of the dangers of abortion, both physical and emotional, and I don't think the chapter, Mr. Speaker, has been written on the dangers of abortion, but I do…

Thank you so much. I am really glad that you took the time to point out that survey, because I believe that the Nation has shifted its opinion on abortions since 1973. And maybe it's because with technology and the fact that sonograms can…

Especially for women because we're always cast as the ones that really want abortion, and it's the men that don't want it, but you're telling me that 70 percent of the women in that December 2009 study adamantly opposed Federal funding of…

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about a subject I really love, and that is history, especially women's history. I think all too often as we grew up as children, our history books failed to mention the courageous activities…

Every day, Americans sit at their kitchen tables, and they do a number of things, including trying to figure out how to stretch that dollar and how to stop unnecessary spending. And they are asking us in Congress to do the same. I look at…

the EPA is getting into areas where it doesn't belong, costing American farmers, American businesses, and good old Americans more money than they can afford.

You know, Mr. Speaker, when we talk about abortion, we think of this as a 40-year-old movement. We think about 1973 and Roe v. Wade, and that that was the catalyst to move this movement forward. We think about people like Barbara and Jack…

Today I rise, along with all of Cincinnati, to congratulate and celebrate the Cincinnati Reds' first baseman Joey Votto being crowned the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player. Cincinnati has a rich and proud tradition of great…

Last week the State of Ohio announced that its unemployment rate for June was 10.5 percent. Every county in my district saw an increase, and in some areas it's higher than 14 percent. And that's before taking into account those people that…

Spending is out of control. In April, the U.S. Government ran a record monthly deficit of $82.7 billion. That's almost $83 billion in just one month. Unfortunately, the Democratic majority has done nothing to reduce spending. Overall…