John Spratt: “It would have to be pretty substantial. Isn't the cost of these tax cuts in the first year $180 billion or more?”

I thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in emphatic support of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. This bill, as befits its title, makes record investments in our Nation's military, authorizing $725…

I join other members of the South Carolina delegation in cheering the University of South Carolina baseball team and Coach Ray Tanner for winning the 2010 College World Series. I extend special congratulations to Coach Tanner for being…

Today, I rise to support a bipartisan bill that will help rebuild our manufacturing sector and continue our economic recovery. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the ``Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act.'' The legislation was introduced in…

When President Obama was sworn into office at the beginning of this year, the economy was in deep contraction and jobs were being lost at a rate of 741,000 per month.