I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, I would just ask all Members, not as Republicans and not as Democrats, but as members of the human race, and for a House that just abhors what is going on around the world and saying that this is…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, I was in my office watching the debate, and I thought, well, if I really thought I was innocent, if I really thought there was nothing that really went with what the other side is claiming, if I really…

I stand before you today not as a Republican and not as a Member of this House, but as a fellow human being, and I wonder: How did we get to this point? How do we somehow compromise in our mind what it is that we are talking about today? I…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, this is a horrible deal. In any deal, you never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. Let me give you a contrast between what two Presidents say when they talk about deals. President Obama has…

I stand before you today not to speak for Republicans, but to speak for America. When 80 percent of the American people say ``no'' to this deal, how can America's House, how can we who have been elected by the American people, come here…

It is about time. Time is running out. I think right now we look at what is happening in coal country and nothing could be more alarming than what is happening. This is one promise the President kept. When he ran as a candidate, he said…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in this House, we have a duty to legislate based on truth, not fiction. We cannot afford to be uneducated, uninformed, or untruthful when it comes to PTA. Maybe the problem is we labeled it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Thomas Jefferson once opined: The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate. Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own…

It is my great pleasure to congratulate not one, but two Pennsylvania State champion baseball teams from the Third Congressional District. The Neshannock High Lancers and Knoch High Knights capped off historic seasons last week to take…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 71, line 21, strike ``$933,700,000'' and insert ``$938,700,000''. Page 72, line 6, strike…

My amendment increases the authorized funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership by $5 million and it offsets it by decreasing the authorized funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $5 million, for…

I would just remark that if we are really trying to create jobs, if we are really trying to boost our economy, if we are really trying to do all these things, if we are really trying to help small manufacturers, I don't think that asking…