Francisco Canseco

I want to thank my friend and colleague and fellow San Antonian--the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Smith--as well as his diligent and hardworking staff, for their help on this very important matter. I come to the floor today…

I thank the gentlelady from North Carolina, and I rise today in strong support of the rule for H.R. 4078. The Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act is an important piece of legislation that will ensure the government does not stand in the way of…

All it takes is a 5-minute conversation with a community banker, a small businessman, or a credit-worthy family who can't get a loan to comprehend just how badly this promise has been broken.

One thing that continues to amaze me is the complete disconnect between what goes on in Washington and the realities on the ground in our economy.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding this time, and I rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill to completely repeal ObamaCare. Though ObamaCare has been found to be constitutional, it doesn't mean it is good for our…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time. High energy prices are having a negative impact on our economy and on our family budgets. But don't take my word for it. This is what my constituents have told me firsthand. There's…

I want to thank the chairman, Mr. Hastings, the park subcommittee chairman, Mr. Bishop, and the staff of the Natural Resources Committee for working with me to move my legislation, the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary…

Is it the chairman's understanding that, after adoption of the manager's amendment, the bill contains reforms that would only allow for lands to come into the park via donation or exchange, and that these reforms apply only to the land…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased to rise in support of the underlying legislation which contains my legislation, the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act, which I introduced with the entire Bexar County…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Financial Services Committee has responsibly contributed, roughly, $35 billion in deficit reduction measures to this bill, and I am happy that one of these measures that I…

The victims of MF Global deserve their money back, but they also deserve to know what happened to it.

There is a big financial crisis going on right now for farmers and for ranchers across the country who can't access their portion of $1.6 billion that has gone missing at MF Global.

Yet, for all the rhetoric we hear from the Obama Administration about holding people accountable, this Administration sure has a way of clamming up when the person in question is a former Democratic Senator and Governor.

When it comes to our economy, one thing is abundantly clear: President Obama's policies have failed. We are experiencing the worst stretch of unemployment since the Great Depression, despite a trillion-dollar stimulus plan that the Obama…

When the Democrats passed the unconstitutional government takeover of health care, they cleverly front-loaded some of the provisions but left the most troubling mandates and requirements to be implemented at a later date. Recently, the…

I thank my colleague, Chairman Smith, for yielding. Madam Speaker, too often the American people feel that Members of Congress live by and benefit personally from a different set of rules than those by which ordinary Americans live. To me…

I feel the greater discussion revolves around the public's perception of Washington and the current lack of trust that voters across the country have in their elected leaders.

Yogi Berra once said, 'It is deja vu all over again.'

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today we are taking an important step towards changing the way Washington does business; and it couldn't come at a more opportune time as our national debt crossed the $15 trillion threshold this week, which means…

Serious allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse have been leveled against the HOME Program.

This is a spending-driven debt crisis that has us borrowing approximately 40 cents of every dollar.

Our Nation has a debt of just over $14.9 trillion; over $126,700 per American household on average.

Fundamentally, this agreement is about the economic freedom of the American people to be able to have a wide array of choices and pay less for those choices because of the power of trade and competition.

I'm pleased to be able to cast my vote in support of the Colombia free trade agreement, even though it has taken almost 5 years to get a vote on it. I thank Chairman Camp, Chairman Dreier, and Chairman Brady for their leadership on this…