``My simple message to you, Mr. Kelly, and the rest of the committee''--and the rest of Congress--``is: There is no cure or treatments for Pearson's syndrome. Each day is a struggle to keep Maddie balanced so her body is able to better…

I was sitting in my office watching this debate, and I began to wonder who it is that we are actually debating against or what it is that we are debating against. I think back to the killing of Osama bin Laden when we stood together as the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, it is great to stand here today, and what a difference a day makes. It is really good to see Members on both sides of the aisle stand up and say: You know, we are really getting things…

December is such a great month, and there are so many great dates in December. We talk about the wonderful things that have happened in Decembers of the past. In addition to Christmas being something we celebrate, the Boston Tea Party took…

I am going to read a letter from a family back in Pennsylvania, the Stewarts, Sara, Michael, and their three daughters: Maddie, Gilly, and Daphne. It start off this way: Dear Congressman Kelly, my name is Sara Stewart, and I am from Saint…

Do we really want to look in the eyes of a 9-year-old or a 10-year-old and say to that child: It is not just in the cards right now because we can't get together as adults and do the right thing for the right reasons and let good things…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if arising without…

As we get ready to leave the House today and go home for Thanksgiving, I think it has been alarming that, as we read the newspapers, as we listen, we find that so many families are not going to be celebrating Thanksgiving together because…

I would, Madam Speaker, but I don't think the other side is interested in hearing what I have to say. Madam Speaker, we also have not passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Can you believe we are that irresponsible…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Listen, I share the same concerns. I don't think there is anybody I agree with, probably, on 99 percent of what we talk about than Mr. Neal; and I have been, for the last couple years, trying to figure…

I want to fix this. I want to see it fixed, and I want to see everybody in labor feel that all those generational gains, all of that negotiation actually meant something. I think it is a shame when they look at, well, why isn't it…

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think dates matter and I think votes matter, and I think that sometimes because of where we are, this is kind of this Potomac amnesia. We say we want to raise…