As a member of the Rare Disease Congressional Caucus, I rise today in support of continued funding for tuberous sclerosis complex research in the fiscal year 2015 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. TSC is a genetic condition that…

If I told you we could create tens of thousands of truly shovel-ready jobs, increase the prospects of American energy independence, and avoid undue environmental harm, how long would it take you to sign on the dotted line? For the…

Today, February 4, is World Cancer Day. It is a day we remember those lost to this disease while recommitting ourselves and our efforts to eradicating it. This World Cancer Day, people across the globe will speak out in one unified voice…

The crime of human trafficking is complex and it is destructive. It shatters the lives of its victims and their loved ones. In an effort to bring attention to this modern-day form of slavery, we recognize January 11, 2014, as National…

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania, Mr. Barletta, for organizing this Special Order tonight. I have to say that I never assumed it would be easy to get an answer quickly from a massive bureaucracy of the Federal Government like the…

I thank my colleague from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino) for organizing this Special Order here this evening. And I know that Representative Marino, like myself, is hearing from our constituents back home in Pennsylvania…

I introduced H.R. 2906, the Fairness to Veterans Act, because I believe if anyone deserves a leg up in America, it is those who have served on our behalf. The Fairness to Veterans Act is straightforward. It says that if any business…

For 14 years, Bill Rickett was the man who kept Bucks County moving. Mr. Rickett served, since 1999, as the founding Executive Director for the Bucks County Transportation Management Association. Under Bill's leadership, the Bucks County…

The Affordable Care Act is more than a Web site. That is the comforting assurance President Obama is giving to the American people as the continuing train wreck of his law's implementation grinds on. The law is more than a Web site…

I thank Chairman Rokita, and I rise in strong support of the legislation on the floor today. This bill, if passed by the House and Senate and signed by the President, will go a long way toward protecting students in our Nation's schools. I…

I rise once again this morning to thank the men and women of the Federal law enforcement community, as well as those brave soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, for what they do to protect this great Nation both abroad and here at home…

We have a chance on the floor today to move this body in the right direction--to move us closer to a solution. There is a bipartisan bill today offered by Mr. Moran and Mr. Wolf, both of Virginia. It's a bill that I've cosponsored and a…