As a founding member of the bipartisan Mayors Against Illegal Guns, cochaired by Mayor Menino of Boston and Mayor Bloomberg of New York, I rise today in strong opposition to the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act. This dangerous…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 21, strike the close quotation marks and the following period. Page 6, after…

Just very quickly, the purpose is not, of course, to overly burden State governments but, instead, to respect the judgments and decisions they've made in weighing the equities and making determinations as to what is the right criteria, to…

With nearly 14 million unemployed Americans and our Nation's economy continuing to struggle, it is disheartening that we stand here today divided, engaging in heated debate about expanding the ability of people to carry concealed weapons…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage, if ordered, and the…

During rollcall vote No. 840 on H.R. 2838, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``aye'' when I should have voted ``no.''

Last month the Congressional Budget Office released a report that examined household income distribution between 1979 and 2007. The most disturbing figure to me in this report is that the top 1 percent of income earners have seen their…

I recently visited two factories in my district in Woonsocket, Rhode Island--a textile mill, Hanora Spinning; and a producer of personal care products, Diversified Distribution. These businesses had a clear message: They believe in making…

we lose the opportunity to show people all over the world the power of democracy.

the challenge is that it is not that they come here to study at the great universities...but we actually kick them out.

I think, like many Members of Congress, am very concerned about the capability and the capacity and really the corruption

I always want to begin my comments about the SBA with recognizing the great director in Rhode Island, Mark Hayward.

I think we have a lot of financing tools that were designed during a different age of industrial and manufacturing, and we really need to have this nimbleness in government to be able to respond to this new economy.

My home State of Rhode Island, like the rest of the country, is facing a jobs crisis. The President put forth a comprehensive jobs bill which puts teachers, first responders, and construction workers to work and puts money in the pockets…

Thank you for this opportunity to present testimony in support of H.R. 2027.

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…

This is the final amendment to this bill. It will obviously not result in any delay. Once this amendment is acted upon, we will immediately consider the bill. Mr. Speaker, the people of the First Congressional District in Rhode Island…

Yes, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cicilline moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2273 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report the same…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?

Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare were created because they reflect the values of our country. We should be incredibly proud of these programs, which provide a vital safety net for our seniors, and we should commit ourselves to…

It is absolutely a pro-child amendment.

This bill today would eliminate those programs.

The United States was instrumental in the creation of UNFPA in 1969.

Mr. Keating's amendment makes it very clear that that cannot happen in this provision of the bill.

I agree. One of the important responsibilities that we have--and I think the work of the supercommittee is, obviously, first and foremost to all of us--is the opportunity to deal with the urgent responsibilities of our economic condition…