Sometimes I get the feeling that for our Republican colleagues the porridge is either too hot or too cold but never just right so long as it is President Obama's administration that is doing the serving.

when it comes to helping the unemployed, our first and most immediate goal should be to find a sensible and balanced alternative to the budget cuts encompassed in the sequestration

The Spanish missions in San Antonio are really a unique treasure for Texans and for all of America.

Some have a negative tax rate. Many of our largest corporations are paying effective tax rates that are single-digit.

Despite all the alarmist articles that the sky is falling and the disability program is about to crash, that, in fact, we have a very sound disability program.

So, Mr. Speaker, rather than arguing over whether the States have all the flexibility they need, our goal ought to be: For the taxpayer and for poor Americans, how can we get more people into the workforce? And today's bill contributes…

I think the real poverty at stake today is the poverty of cooperation, that of seeking a bipartisan response to poverty, a poverty of balance that contributes to the many children and their parents who are out there and who are seeing so…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I believe in the value of work. That's one of the reasons that I voted for the 1996 welfare reform law, because I wanted to see more people move from welfare to work. Our laws need to encourage job…

Mr. Speaker, as we continue very important efforts to strengthen the middle class in America, I think it's important to recognize that there are millions of Americans who would like to be part of it, who are struggling at the bottom rungs…

We have already let one program, the supplemental grants under TANF, expire.

I don't believe, though there have been some spotty successes, that that law has begun to fulfill its promise.