Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President of the United States had the House Democratic Caucus in the East Room for a discussion. Today he will have the Republican caucus, and he will also have the Democratic Senators. Mr. Speaker, I hope all…

Mr. Speaker, just as Mr. Doggett has said as to the absurdity, I'm not sure if this is Joseph Heller or if it's Fellini. The Tea Party Republicans came here because they were concerned about the debt. The debt, Mr. Speaker, was caused by…

Madam Speaker, this afternoon, I was supposed to be in Memphis with the head of the faith-based group from Washington. Because of the sequester, she wasn't able to travel. Because of the shutdown, I'm here. So we had 42 pastors come to my…

Mr. Speaker, I take umbrage at this whole process. In September of 1954, I came down with polio, which affects me to this day. The vaccine which was helped developed by the National Institutes of Health didn't become available until about…

Mr. Speaker, I'll tell you how indefensible it is. The provision that said that Congresspeople and their staffs were kept out of the Federal insurance plans and put into the exchanges was drafted by Charles Grassley, a Republican from…

Mr. Speaker, quite a day--first day of the government shutdown. Americans come to Washington to see the Lincoln Memorial, visit the Smithsonian, go to the National Zoo. They go to New York to see the Statue of Liberty--``give me your…

Regulations have benefits, too, and there is a lot of good in regulations.

I take Mr. McManus' article as being accurate.

I would like to thank you for your service to our country in this important position.

You have got the kind of moral rectitude this Congress needs and that would make us a better Congress if you stayed.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today that the House just passed H.R. 1961. It gives the Delta Queen another opportunity to go up and down the Mississippi River. The Delta Queen is a national treasure that, for 80 years, took passengers up and…