I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to sit and listen to the rhetoric. I think sometimes if you drink the purple Kool-Aid long enough, you start to believe it. That chart is a great chart that was…

I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1026, as has been described, this actually had come before Congress before. Dr. Boustany and Mr. Roskam have presented this. This is about taxpayer knowledge of IRS…

I agree with everything my colleagues have said. I think Americans need to look at what is going on in their House--America's House--today and to understand that we do understand the difference between right and wrong. We also understand…

I thank the gentleman. We rise today. Really, this is not so much a doc fix as a senior fix. And while our lives are usually defined by wins and losses, I would think that really in our lives we remember the losses far more than we…

I am just asking our friends on the other side, let's think about what is good for the people we represent and not what is just good for the moment. We have always done this in the past. It has only become a problem now because it is not a…

I could not be in better or more agreement with you. I have watched for 6 years--an opportunity in a country with the greatest assets in the world--watched our working class, our middle-income people, our lower-income people suffer the…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak very well about H.R. 641, the Conservation Easement Incentive legislation. I get confused sometimes by the discussion on the floor. If I understand it, if you do it for a year or 2…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Keystone XL pipeline. It is going to create 42,000 jobs. By the way, those jobs that you are talking about that will be part-time, I guarantee you the Department of Labor…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, make no mistake about what this debate is about. H.R. 7 codifies that no taxpayer money would be given for abortions. But the real debate on the floor today is about life. We are talking about life in…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 30. I am amazed as to how many times we let politics interfere with policy. I want to tell you who you are really hurting. You are not hurting the Republican Party by your…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Ohio, but I would also like to thank a lady and a Member, whom I have begun to call our ``lady of our lakes.'' Ms. Kaptur, thank you so much for speaking out the way you do about the Great Lakes…

Today I rise because I want to talk about a piece of legislation that I am dropping with a colleague from the Senate, Senator Rubio. It is H.R. 5746. Its title is Keeping America Safe from Ebola. Now, I know a couple weeks ago, Ebola was…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, this is a jobs bill. It is a jobs bill not only in the House of Representatives, but it is a job bill in the Senate. Now, in the House of Representatives, Dr. Cassidy's bill is about creating tens of…

I thank the chairman for his great work. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4, and I will tell you why: the world is looking for the next great, emerging economy, and you know where it is? It is right here. It is us. It sits…

I would hate to be in the position where I tell every American: You know what? We know how to spend the money better than you. We will make the decisions of how it gets doled out. In your heart of hearts, when you want to give to a…

First, let me thank the gentleman from Michigan, Chairman Camp, for bringing this important set of charitable bills, the America Gives More Act, H.R. 4719, to the floor for a vote. H.R. 3134, the Charitable Giving Extension Act, is a bill…

On rollcall No. 405, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act…

This amendment simply requires that the harbor maintenance funding provided in this Appropriations bill comply with the recently enacted WRRDA law and that the 10 percent funding requirement for the Great Lakes to be met. The Water…

I thank the chairman. Listen, I am so glad to be here today, talking about the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. As we congratulate each other on this great work--this bipartisan work and bicameral, in saying, my, what a wonderful…

On rollcall No. 275, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I thank the chairman. I rise in strong support of my amendment to H.R. 4435, the FY15 NDAA, to renew a 1-year ban on the Obama administration from using any Department of Defense funds to implement the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you that, when I first got here, people said: Kelly, you expect the government to work as a business. I said: No, no, no, that is not true because there is no way any business can work as the…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. I am reminded of a passage in the Bible that you can see a speck of sawdust in your neighbor's eye but not the plank in your own. We are talking about a resolution. Isn't it amazing that we…

I am here today to offer congratulations to the New Castle Red Hurricanes for winning their first-ever Pennsylvania AAAA State championship, with an undefeated 31- 0 record. The 'Canes pulled this off with a 52-39 victory over…