For many, this was the first time in recent memory that citizens, trying to help in their response, were actually aided and not hindered by Federal authorities.

My home State of Tennessee has an employment rate of over 10 percent. The Tennesseans that I know are very frustrated with Washington. They've lost faith that this Chamber can or will do anything meaningful about jobs this year. They look…

Today I rise to praise two outstanding high schools in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District. Collierville High and Houston High Schools, both in Shelby County, Tennessee, have been named by Newsweek magazine among America's top high…

Our average, under Republican control, the average annual deficit has become what now, under Democrat control, they are running in deficit averaging on a month. And I think that's what causes concern to people. April, the deficit was four…

We know that since the time that that budget was presented to us we have passed a health care bill. And we know that last week even CBO came back and said guess what, we misfigured. We are going to change these projections. So already…

And my wonderful district that goes from Memphis to Nashville and all the way to the Kentucky border, of course, right now we're fighting floods, and so many of our residents have been, are suffering the adverse effects of all of those…

I rise today, and all of the people of Tennessee, so many of the families in my district have lost most or even all of what they had. Some have suffered loss of family members, and we express our sympathies to those families. You know…

I do rise in support of the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act. In committee, I highlighted the importance of listening to the engineers as we move forward on our spectrum inventory. And today I want to talk about the importance of this bill to…

I would like to ask the subcommittee chairman his views on how the FCC should proceed on the inventory required by this bill and on the recommendations of the broadband plan. Is it the chairman's view that the inventory required by this…

I share the chairman's expectation regarding the importance of collecting and analyzing the data in the spectrum inventory before making decisions about possible spectrum relocation. I'd also like to add my own expectation that the…

It is so interesting to be a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives at this time. One of the things that makes it most interesting is the issues that we have to deal with, and it boils down to making choices: what are you going to…

My colleagues are celebrating the birth of a great new entitlement program today; only they see dependency on the Federal Government and the death of freedom as a cause for celebration. My colleagues celebrate this day as being like the…

This year I replaced town hall meetings in my district with listening sessions. I go to hear what my constituents have to teach me and to teach this body. They want us to know that the process matters to them. Some of my colleagues like to…

Thank you for acknowledging that we have ideas on health care because indeed we do have ideas. We have plans. We have over 50 bills. We have lots of amendments that would bring health care ideas to the forefront.

I do thank the gentleman from Illinois. It is such an honor for me today to rise in strong support of the resolution to congratulate Ambassador Nancy Brinker for receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ambassador Brinker founded Susan…

I have deep and abiding concerns about this legislation. We are in a recession. The American people want to see action. This is not the action that they want. Indeed, I have had constituents that have called and e-mailed, and local…

So because we have to hurry up and finish and get to recess, we can't get inside the numbers and figure out what we're going to do with this bill. Now some of it we have found out, if you're into golf carts, there is $300 million for green…

you know, this Nation is in a recession, and our constituents are absolutely outraged with what they see happening in this House. They want action. But they do not want the Democrat stimulus bill that passed the Senate yesterday. What they…

I think that, I would hope, that not only my colleagues but the American people realize that this bill today contains a $72 billion tax increase on the American people, what Congressional Research Service calls the most regressive of…

I find it very interesting, Mr. Speaker. When I am talking to my local law enforcement community, when I am talking to my local broadcasters, they are much in opposition to what we hear being expressed as the opinion of the national…

today, the House is again going to consider the Democrat SCHIP Expansion Act. This polarizing expansion of the welfare state was stopped by the veto pen last year, and that's where it ought to stay. Once again, the bill fails to ensure…

I do rise to oppose the rule and also to oppose H.R. 2 that is covered in this rule. One of the reasons is, indeed, the process. We have heard mention of it being a closed process and a closed rule, as indeed it is, and that doesn't speak…

you know, it is so interesting as we have this debate, SCHIP, as it was originally put in place, is something that we are all for. That program as a block grant program worked well. But, Madam Speaker, here is a 285-page bill that the…

on the day following the President- elect's call for a new $1 trillion spending package free from earmarks, House Democrats are bringing to the floor two bills that represent little more than an earmark for the trial bar. Given the current…

in middle Tennessee today, you are going to pay about $3.93 for a gallon of gas. My constituent families know that this price is outrageous, and they know that now they are being faced with choices: How much are they going to put in the…