Is it fair to take money from all the other homeowners and taxpayers to help this latter group of homeowners? I don't think so.

My constituents are sick and tired of bailouts.

It is this lack of communication that has most angered the people who pay the bills, the American taxpayers.

I am encouraged that what I have heard everyone here say is that we need, number one, a national freight program and, number two, we need a dedicated source of funds to be able to pay for these projects.

The issue is, as my two colleagues here from the port said, number one, any solution we bring forward the money has to stay in the region where the money was generated.

Now, President Obama has said, and I agree... why not put forward a moratorium, a 90-day moratorium until we can get our hands around the size of the problem?

We are losing 6,300 homes to foreclosure every day. That is 46,000 every week.

What are we going to do to keep folks in their homes that don't have, by no fault of their own?

We will throw out a strong helping hand to the banks, to the automobiles, to industry, to others... but to the poor, struggling homeowner, we give no kind of help.

Absolutely. We have in our local counties county preservation boards that administer the program. They obtain dollars, both locally as well as from the State, and, where appropriate, the Federal Government, and they administer that…

Absolutely. We have seen a lot of growth in southeastern Pennsylvania in the last 20 years, and it is good-paying jobs and family-sustaining jobs. As that continues to happen, people at the same time, while that is where they go to work…

I rise in support of H.R. 5313, the Open Space and Farmland Preservation Act, a bill I introduced to strengthen the Federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Under the bill, 15 percent of the funds made available for the program…

This Iraqi government's got to move forward. It can't feel it has a blank check in American lives and American tax dollars from now until the end of time.

We find out that the retiring CEO of ExxonMobil is getting a retirement package of nearly $400 million. And that drives people nuts. It drives me nuts.

I think we have a major opportunity now, with gas prices going so high, to say, wait a minute. We shouldn't have to rely on foreign oil for our energy needs.

due to a long-scheduled meeting with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs this afternoon regarding the future of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Cemetery, I was unable to be present on the floor during rollcall votes 612, 613, and 614…

I rise in support of H.R. 4731, a bill I introduced to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. H.R. 4731 is a simple reauthorization of a highly respected and successful National Estuary Program. A program whose authorization will expire…

on the occasion of Memorial Day, I rise to recognize a fallen soldier from my district, First Lieutenant David R. Bernstein, formerly of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Bernstein, 24 at the time of his death, was a member of the 1st…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge opposition to the Rangel substitute here today. It is unbelievable that just as the economy in our Nation is starting to turn around, seeing increasing jobs, lowering the unemployment rate, higher rates of home…

I rise today in an effort to dispel continuing myths which have been propagated with regard to the role of Iraq in the larger war on terrorism. While many Democrat Members have worked hard to promote these myths, it is time that we who…

physicians in Pennsylvania face skyrocketing liability insurance rates. This is forcing them to leave their practices, retire early, or stop performing certain procedures. That threatens access to care for patients in Pennsylvania and…

In 1996, I was the lead sponsor of legislation that overhauled Pennsylvania's welfare system. When this legislation was implemented, I worked with the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry in my district to initiate what later…