I thank the gentlelady from California. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1076 to defund National Public Radio. Overwhelmingly, my Rhode Island constituents agree, this legislation is no more than an ideological attack on public…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong opposition to the bill to end the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. It is time for Americans to seriously question the Republican leadership's dedication to job creation. After 11…

I think we need to all be reminded that the commitments we make and the investments we make in this area of our foreign policy are not only describe our values as a country in promoting freedom and democracy around the world, but also…

Today we will consider proposals to cut foreclosure prevention programs during one of the worst housing downturns in our Nation's history. A safe and affordable home is central to the American Dream and central to a strong neighborhood and…

I think the poll that was released today, the Bloomberg poll released this morning, again found that America's top priority is jobs and getting people back to work. We've been here 10 weeks and the Republican-controlled Congress has…

I think we all recognize that America is the home to ingenuity and innovation and we can compete in the world economy and succeed.

I think many of us are looking for... enforcement and looking for protection of their intellectual property.

I think the testimony today reveals that everyone agrees that the single greatest source for reform and improvement of the U.N. is the United States.

I know of no example of an organization or an institution that has been successfully reformed or improved by disengaging in the work of performing or improving it.

I have grave concerns about the level of expenditures that we will have to sustain in Afghanistan.

I am very concerned about potential cuts to the Cape Verdean Millennium Funding.

I'm new to this body but I was just elected to the Congress of the United States and what I heard during the course of my campaign is the urgency to get people back to work, to strengthen the middle class, to create jobs and to deal with…

I was proud to tell them I am a cosponsor of the legislation to repeal this provision.

It is clear to me that it is in the national security interest of our country to make the kind of investments that we are making around the world.

We need to acknowledge that that is a responsibility we have in balancing all of the equities within a budget.

Just yesterday I had the privilege of hearing from a Rhode Islander, Alex Lataille, who spoke at the one and only hearing Congress had to discuss the negative effects of repealing the new health care law. Alex graduated last May with two…

Small business tax credits are critical to providing small businesses the opportunity to provide insurance to their employees. We made a promise to those small businesses to do everything we can to make it easier for them to thrive in this…

I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 2. We know that if we repeal this law, we know the following things will happen: Children with preexisting conditions will be denied coverage; adult children under the age of 26 will be denied…

I rise in support of this resolution and in honor of the victims and those left suffering as a result of last weekend's devastating tragedy in Arizona. In what can only be described as a brutal act of domestic terrorism, Congresswoman…

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

I think it is noteworthy that on February 24th of 2010, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act passed the House with a vote of 406-19.