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'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…

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 thank the gentlelady for yielding. Madam Speaker, 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…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, 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…

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