In a word, Mr. President, it is tyranny.

Like most Americans, I was both angered and appalled to learn of the IRS' campaign to selectively intimidate Americans based upon their political beliefs.

What the IRS did was wrong, because it tried to turn our citizens into subjects.

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee for yielding, Mr. Speaker. I also want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), who has been, perhaps, the most cogent defender of the Constitution on the floor of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of H.R. 360 to posthumously bestow Congress' highest civilian honor to Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair. I also want to commend my two…

It is clearly time to displace the false hopes and broken dreams which have arisen from a system of misdirected government policies.

I think the government can work with the private sector in other areas, like helping to establish a model purchase and sale agreement...

Clearly, all Americans want a healthier economy. They want a fair opportunity for all Americans to be able to buy a home that they can actually afford to keep.

the American taxpayers have already put $200 billion into the mortgage finance entities.

Had the story been posted on April 1st, I might have thought it was an April Fool's joke. I ask the question, have we as a Nation learned nothing?

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and thank him for his leadership on this critical issue. Mr. Chairman, we have heard from so many of our colleagues that budgets are about priorities, and I believe this to be true. So what does it say…