Mr. Speaker, there is one type of innovation in which these Republicans are truly unexcelled--there is no competition. And that is the innovation in names, in naming these bills. They salute climate deniers and The Flat Earth Society by…

All of us who do not trust war as the answer must continue working together to support a peaceful resolution and overcome the bellicose voices whose only alternative is the perilous course of war. We want a strong, verifiable arms accord…

While not signing this particular call for diplomacy, additional colleagues have made clear that they intend to prevent any attempted congressional veto of a strong, verifiable agreement. An agreement not based on trust, not based on…

Mr. Speaker, there is probably no more critical issue on our national agenda today than this matter with Iran. 151 Members of the House have joined together to encourage the President to ``exhaust every avenue toward a verifiable…

We have to be very careful if we are going to say that everybody has to go into the best job possible.

I think that we saw in 1996 an opportunity to change welfare, move welfare to work.

There is no way you could get by on a minimum wage job, is there?

I guess I would just begin with Dr. Pavetti and go across to each of you and ask you if you do agree that we need to modify the TANF work requirement to make it more focused on results and not just on a process?

I think you made some good points, and it doesn't help to get someone out of one dead end and into another.

I think that what we need to think about is, one of the things that I think is important is there is a difference between work requirements and imposing work requirements on individuals, and the work participation rate.

We should quit treating two-parent families differently than we treat single-parent families.