I am committed, I am passionate about getting environmental cleanup of our legacy waste done.

The sentiments of this subcommittee, I think are very clear. We are truly amazed with what is going on in your field.

Thank you, Dave, you took over at a tough time. This is a very difficult job.

I think it is important that as we finance research that we connect it to jobs.

We have decades' worth of work to do at Oak Ridge, and I am committed.

We are in a fierce race with China, so we have to have all hands on deck.

Today, I rise to honor America's teachers. I do that because I spoke with my 17-year-old son, who is a junior at Silverdale Baptist Academy, and he was asking me about teachers. Now, most of you all know I had two elementary schools, three…

Does DHS have sufficient funds to staff the National Targeting Center, if the draft rule does go into effect?

What can we do as legislators to help you implement that?

What is your plan for mitigating and eliminating excessive customs and immigration wait times at our nation's airports?

When can we expect to see a published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (on the Air Cargo Advanced Screening Pilot Program)?

I call Obamacare into question. I call this administration into question, and I call the disaster that this has caused in terms of job creation, in terms of an overreach of government authority.

Your administration has repeatedly given reprieve to business by delaying the mandate that requires large employers to provide healthcare coverage or pay fines, yet you refuse to consider granting that same option to individuals who are…

No, I will not yield at this time. People come up to me all the time, higher deductibles, higher premiums, more Federal control. This is not good health care reform.

We did need health care reform in this country. There is no question about that, but we did not need Obamacare.

On rollcall No. 591, I was unavoidably detained--I would have voted, ``yes.'' ____________________

Thank you. To all of my colleagues in this great United States House of Representatives, I want to ask each and every one of you to support this bill. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to represent the Third District of Tennessee. In the Third…

I spoke earlier on the floor today, and I think it is wonderful that we are having this great debate in this great Chamber. Obviously, this is a bipartisan issue, and I am so glad that some of my colleagues from the other side of the aisle…

As we debate SNAP reforms, I want to draw attention to a recent analysis which shows that thousands of families avoid the need for public assistance because of private disability insurance benefits. Most of those covered by private…

Last week, an incredibly gifted young man from east Tennessee, John Paul Powers, displayed his talents here in Washington at the Kennedy Center as part of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States. The orchestra, created by…

To my colleagues in this great House, my name is Chuck Fleischmann. I represent the Third District of Tennessee, which has a great city. That city is Oak Ridge, the birthplace of the Manhattan Project. My colleagues, Oak Ridge has a great…

Today I rise to honor my father, Max Fleischmann, Jr. My dad passed away last Saturday. We buried him Monday in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and I wanted to talk to America today about a very special man. My dad was…

I represent the Third District of Tennessee. We've heard a great debate today. Let's be clear. The numbers are self- evident. When the world price of sugar compared to the United States' price of sugar is so out of kilter since reform--72…

I want to commemorate the life of an outstanding American, Viola Ergen, who passed away on May 21. She was an American whose life has touched and will touch many Americans for generations to come. Mrs. Ergen was the daughter of Finnish and…

This budget proposes significant cuts to Coast Guard training activities, including a cut of over 65 percent to tuition assistance programs.