Mr. Speaker, our colleague from Illinois has provided further explanation of the nature of this bill. It is a clean proposal. If we do not get this into law before the end of December, there will be some problems presented. So I would hope…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman and ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, Mr. Frank and Mr. Bachus; my colleague and member of the Financial Services Committee, Mrs…

Today we close international tax loopholes and open more educational opportunities. Last year in Texas, Governor Perry and his cohorts misdirected $3.2 billion in Federal aid to education simply to replace State education commitments…

Listening to the concerns of parents, the hopes of students, and the needs of our local Texas school leaders, today we are responding with essential Federal aid to education, fully paid for by closing international corporate tax loopholes…

I thank the gentleman. After 12 years of Republican rule, our tax code is riddled with loopholes. The small businesses on Main Street, the families that are struggling to get by with both spouses as wage earners, they all continue to…

The Republicans do, indeed, have a moratorium. It's a moratorium on cooperation. It's a moratorium on voting for good bills they say they're for. It's a moratorium on reality. They never miss an opportunity to let their rigid ideology get…

This is just the latest example of public access in this Congress. With the encouragement of the Sunlight Foundation and other public interest groups, we must continue building on such success, arming citizens with the tools they need to…

I thank the gentleman. This rule makes it possible for us to consider today a supplemental appropriations bill that contains some vital support for public education across America. Now, most schoolchildren learn that 3 plus 3 equals 6…

To ensure that any money that goes for teachers and public education in Texas actually goes to improve our schools and the lives of our schoolchildren. Earlier this month, statewide groups representing teachers, principals, school boards…

As one who has repeatedly and vigorously opposed all bank bailouts, whichever President proposed them, I view this bill as modest but very important progress. I'm voting ``yes'' because I stand with working families against big banks, for…

Madam Speaker, let's keep America the best democracy, not the best democracy that money can buy. The pollution of our political process with tens of millions of dollars in spending by the world's largest multinational corporations strikes…