There is no doubt about the necessity of transforming our Tax Code.

the purpose of the corporate tax reform effort that you are going to be undertaking is to basically incentivize growing jobs and building jobs here in the United States.

we are very concerned that the 2.3 percent tax imposed on the Obama Care legislation will actually have the opposite effect.

So if you are taking 2.3 percent off their gross revenues, you are putting many of those companies at risk.

I appreciate this opportunity to join you here today. Mr. Speaker, I'm joining my colleagues from Pennsylvania in recognizing Coach Joe Paterno and the legacy he forged during more than 60 years at Penn State University. Most major college…

I thank the chairman. I also want to thank Congressman Davis of Kentucky for his great leadership on this important legislation. While our small business owners are focused on meeting payroll, and their employees are working hard making…

Unfortunately, I missed one recorded vote on the House floor today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 819. ____________________

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, I rise this evening in support of the Colombia free trade agreement, and, indeed, all three free trade agreements, the most significant trade package for our country in more than a decade. These trade…

It is an artificial cap on the ability of very needy patients to get the care they need.

Everybody agrees the Medicare payment system is broken.

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, it's been almost 1 year since many of us here in the House offered a sobering prognosis about the devastating side effects the massive $2.4 trillion health care plan would have on our small businesses…

I stand united today with my colleagues and our nation as we remember those killed and wounded during the shootings on Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. To the families, loved ones and friends of those who suddenly and senselessly lost their…

I rise today to join my colleagues and to thank my colleagues...to recognize April 2010 as National Autism Awareness Month. As you may know, last December the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on the prevalence…

As I stand here today, congressional Democrat leadership has yet to finalize or publish the so-called fix-it bill that will ultimately be the basis to gather the 216 votes necessary to pass health care reform, and they certainly haven't…

I think we all share the Secretary's desire not only to promote homeownership but also to ensure that Americans have access to affordable rental housing.

the Stimulus has been a flop. Don't take my word for it. Look around you.

Florida's unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. Can anybody tell me that is a good thing or be happy with that?

We believe, many of us, that it is entirely appropriate for us to recognize that we are one Nation and to reach out.

I think they are ready for Donald Trump to come over and say to most of them, 'You are fired.'

A certain level of regulation is appropriate, but many of the reforms being talked about now will reduce market discipline and increase moral hazard.

I have real doubts that this can be implemented without institutionalizing an entire segment of too-big-to-fail companies.

I think this is an incredibly poor time to be putting an additional $100 billion of taxpayer liability exposure for an additional contribution to the IMF.

I voted against TARP because of this, and I have opposed other government bailouts because I am becoming increasingly concerned with the Federal Government's new role as savior of all things failed.

Now, you can perform a great service for us, mayors. You go tell your senators that they need to act like senators, and not like squabbling children, and pass something over there.

The American public deserves to know, as do researchers in government and out of government, where did this money go?