I think that we need to make sure it is funded and funded in a way that our communities don't lose the funding if their States don't have the money. So I'm glad that you're working on that, and I appreciate your work in that area. I'm also…

Well, Representative Tonko, I want to thank you because you have a lot of passion for small businesses and for job creation. You have been a great leader in our class and in this Congress. I'm excited about some of the new pieces of…

I think the part of that bill that we maybe fail to get the message out there about is the reinvestment side. In the beginning, we were trying to help those who were hurting most, those who needed extension of unemployment or needed help…

I look forward tonight in this next hour to discuss the Democratic small business agenda, one that I believe will really help to bring our country further out of the recession that we are now climbing out of. As our country struggles to…

I think it is just important for people to understand the issues are different for small businesses than large businesses, and our agenda, the things that we have been talking about tonight, I think, bring forward the fact that we realize…

Another piece of the legislation that we have passed through the House and the Senate, I believe, is taking it up tomorrow, is the HIRE Act, or the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, which includes tax cuts, again, for small…

March is Women's History Month, and this year will be the 90th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment. Yet after nine decades, the United States ranks only 74th out of 187 countries for the percentage of women in Federal…

Well, thank you. And again, thank you to my colleague Mrs. Schmidt from Ohio, who has been a good friend and is obviously a defender of women's rights and a defender of the rights of the unborn. And to all those who have joined us here…

Well, thank you. I thank the gentlelady from Ohio for leading this special hour today to talk about the importance of women in history, particularly pro-life women. I am just pleased that we can work together on this issue, one of which I…

In honor of Black History Month, I rise to celebrate the lives of two African Americans from Erie, Pennsylvania. Born in 1886, Harry T. Burleigh was a world-famous musician. Burleigh was the first African American composer acclaimed for…

My new legislation, the Military Families Job Continuity Act, offers a $500 tax credit to any military spouse who has to renew or transfer a professional license when a permanent change-of-station order takes their family across State…

I am deeply honored and equally saddened to stand here in tribute to our colleague and to my friend, the late Jack Murtha. From the first day that I stepped onto this floor, Jack Murtha was a friend, was a mentor. He welcomed me…

My colleagues on the other side have been asking where are the jobs? Well, I just came back from 2 weeks in Pennsylvania in my district, the Third District of Pennsylvania, and I can tell you there are jobs coming to my district, and I'm…

As a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, I'm proud to stand in support of statutory PAYGO. Pay-as-you-go legislation was a key factor, as we have heard, in delivering the budget surpluses of the 1990s. The Republican-controlled Congress…

My amendment to H.R. 4061 expands computer and network security capacity, building grants to allow for collaboration between community colleges, universities, and Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers. As we all know, cybersecurity…

As we look at our country and look where we have been and how we got to where we are not just today but in the 200-plus years, it's our ingenuity, it's our resourcefulness, and it's our strong work ethic that really has always propelled…

The impending expiration of the Small Business Innovation Research Program in July compels us to examine the program before we act to reauthorize it.

SBIR facilitates high-risk, high-reward research that does--not only spurs innovation but also creates jobs.

While I appreciate and understand the need for venture capitalists in certain areas, particularly in biotechnology, I am concerned that throwing open the door to all SBIR programs without any limit might unfairly disadvantage small…

With the obesity rates that continue to climb, with the health concerns, especially with high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes, which are now growing at alarming rates with our youth, it is not just up to us in Congress to…

I rise in support of SCHIP legislation before us today. As I have said before, perhaps the most important reason that I ran for Congress was to help ensure that all children in this Nation have access to quality health care. A healthy…