It is far from clear where these 120,000 could possibly find gainful and legal employment in Afghanistan's economy.

On Afghanistan, we need to do what it takes to prevent the return of Al Qaeda to a sanctuary in that country.

Economic renewal must be the agenda of the next Congress and the next presidential term, be it under Governor Romney or President Obama.

I think it is incumbent on us not to reduce and shortchange the ANSF, which could have calamitous consequences for Afghanistan's security.

This is perhaps the most calamitous step we could possibly take to destabilize the situation in Afghanistan.

I thank the gentleman from West Virginia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the McKinley motion to instruct conferees, asking that the bipartisan-supported coal combustion residuals program language from H.R. 4348 be…

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Thank you, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Visclosky, and Chairman, for yielding. I would like to add my voice to Mr. Doyle's on the issue of the aging state of our Nation's waterways and the vast shortfalls and funding on urgently needed projects. I…

I am, in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Critz moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 5743, to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote…

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In April, the Johnstown-Somerset Central Labor Council announced the winners of its annual scholarship essay contest. This year's first-place winner, Lisa Vatavuk, wrote an essay entitled: ``The Modern Tax System: Fair to the Average…

To ensure that progress continues on all of these fronts, we have to make certain that policies are in place to support small firms and their research.

With a gallon of gas near $4, alternative energy sources have again become critical.

Not only does this reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, but it also supports nearly 40,000 jobs.

Job creation is absolutely essential to move Western Pennsylvania's economy forward.

We cannot allow this to become a race to the bottom, and allow these lower standards to dictate U.S. policy.

I urge continued efforts to reduce barriers to markets in Asia and Latin America, in particular Brazil.

While we do right by protecting our workers and safeguarding the environment, there is a real expense to doing so.

Please understand that many of us in industry regard China as an important trading partner with great potential as an export customer, but we just don't understand why there is such a great reluctance to hold them accountable for their…

Manufacturing is a key to our economic recovery, and we must take steps to build on its successes.

To cut off the lifelines our government has put in place to support them is to display callousness, not courage.

solving our budgetary challenges in a way that stimulates job creation and economic growth should be our number one priority.

Let us work together to get our fiscal house in order in a responsible way that puts our economy back on the path to prosperity.