Will you work with us to improve housing finance options for manufactured home buyers?

I would like to thank my good friend and fellow Pennsylvanian (Mr. Perry) for hosting this important discussion. As my colleague Congressman Dent noted, it is Colonel Perry who in 2008 left the comforts of our country to serve in Iraq. His…

Friday's jobs report was discouraging: 347,000 people stopped looking for work. One commentator said people ``simply gave up.'' This has been the worst recovery since the Great Depression. The President's policies, massive spending, a…

These individuals all expressed concern that as currently written, the QM rule will cause harm to the housing market and make it much more difficult for working families in western Pennsylvania and around the Nation to buy homes.

Is it fair, Mr. Secretary, to deny underdeveloped countries the opportunity to grow their economy with low-cost energy the way the United States has?

How many people have been lifted out of poverty because of solar power?

My concern is that this is essentially a unilateral political decision that was made at the White House without consulting our friends and allies.

Medicare Advantage provides quality coverage to many seniors in western Pennsylvania. It is popular because it provides more options and increased care coordination. Until 2011, seniors were able to take advantage of an annual open…

Tomorrow, November 22, we mark the 50th anniversary of one of the saddest days in American history. This anniversary affords us the opportunity to remember President John F. Kennedy, who also served in this House, and to reflect on his…

Over 200,000 Pennsylvanians have been notified that they will lose their plans because of President Obama's health care law. What these numbers don't tell you are the stories of hardworking western Pennsylvanians like Don and Karen from…

Over the past few months, I have come to the House floor to sound the alarm regarding the emptiness of the promises the President made when he sold his health care law, promises such as: if you like your health care plan, you can keep it…

I thank the gentlelady for organizing this talk. Pennsylvania's 12th District in western Pennsylvania stretches from Beaver to Johnstown and to the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh. Last week we had a visit from HHS Secretary Kathleen…

This morning, I rise in strong support of the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. Federal workers from western Pennsylvania have reached out to my office. They are concerned about the impact of this shutdown on their families'…

It's day three of Senator Reid's government shutdown. The American people are frustrated, western Pennsylvanians are frustrated, and I am frustrated. Make no mistake: there is a choice here. The House's solution embraces fairness for all…

10 months ago, I came to Washington, D.C., as the new employee of 705,000 people in western Pennsylvania. Before I came to Washington, I heard about inside deals that happened in this town. I saw some of these deals when President Obama…

Sometimes I wonder if we are discussing the same bill. This is a bill that is to keep the government open. I looked at the Affordable Care Act. The President made a guarantee, a simple guarantee: If you like your health care plan, you can…

I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for yielding and organizing this important discussion. I have been hearing a lot from the folks back home. Robert from the North Hills of Pittsburgh wrote to us: When Congress debated the health care…

When President Obama sold his health care law to the American people, he made many promises. He promised--he guaranteed--that if you like your doctor or your health care plan, you could keep it. He promised that his law would not raise…

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

Let the public service be a proud and lively career. And let every man and woman who works in any area of our national government in any branch at any level be able to say with pride and with honor in future years, 'I served the U.S…

I don't know anyone who could conclude that the VA in these instances met that commitment.

Thank you. Also based on some very good reporting that was done, again, by our local news outlets here in Pittsburgh, and documents that they did obtain through the Freedom of Information Act, we know that the VA in Pittsburgh found…

But VA officials oppose this legislation, in part because it would subject them to potential fines for violation of the law, and the VA would rather keep those funds for patient care.

The VA let these families down and then took their tax dollars and gave to those who were in leadership positions when these tragedies occurred.

I hope we will see a change in culture at the VA, so we can begin to rebuild the trust that men and women who wear the uniform have in the VA.