We should also welcome new countries to the TPP if they are willing to meet TPP's high ambitions and resolve outstanding bilateral issues.

No bill is perfect but this has much to admire in it. Moving the unemployed back into the workforce after a year makes sense--so does allowing States to drug test, stopping taxpayer fraud, helping small businesses invest in equipment…

I would hope you would look to the court systems where there are mature systems, rather than always opting for the investor state approach.

I would similarly echo that what we are seeing in the 21st century now is a movement away from your traditional tariff barriers.

I would urge the Administration to follow the approach in our recent agreements relating to labor, so as to avoid increasing controversy.

I am not convinced we need to cede the strongest economy in the world to our Asian competitor.

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 674, repealing the requirement that all levels of government withhold 3 percent of payments owed to their contractors throughout the United States. If not repealed, small businesses operating on the…

Mr. Speaker, thank you for the time to talk about something near and dear to my heart, families. This week is National Adoption Week, and as adoptive parents of two wonderful boys, my wife, Cathy, and I know how blessed an adoptive family…

Many of my Democratic colleagues charge that lowering tax rates would favor the 'rich.'

Putting Americans back to work--not taking more from small businesses and successful professionals--is the most effective way to grow federal revenues.

The massive stimulus failed to jumpstart the economy and restore consumer confidence as he promised.