The motion imminent crisis we face is one that we can address right now in our 2012 budget.

The best approach to broadening the risk pool and bringing down costs is to extend Medicare for all individuals and establish a single payer system.

We should not use the debt limit ceiling as a hostage.

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 thank the gentleman from California for organizing this Special Order. I'm new to this Chamber, I've been here 2 months, but I think the poll that was released today, the Bloomberg poll released this morning, again found that America's…

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

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 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 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.