Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer).

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and thank Father Kurt Gerhard of Washington, DC, for serving as the guest chaplain today for the House of Representatives. In April of this year, Father Gerhard was installed as the eighth rector of St…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o'clock and 4 minutes a.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., for morning-hour…

Madam Speaker, I come to the floor tonight to talk about health care on this, the 6-month anniversary of the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the East Wing of the White House, March 23 of this year. It's…

Madam Speaker, well, here we are 20 months into the 111th Congress and in the homestretch of our legislative year--and what have we seen? We saw a $1 trillion takeover of America's health care system. That means higher costs for virtually…

I was just going to make the point--The Wall Street Journal editorial today talks about the five applicants for every job that is available. And you know, we had in our committee today in Energy and Commerce, we had yet another hearing on…

Well, and it does get to your point of playing politics with people's jobs. I just want to say a couple of other things about the predominant Democratic agenda items that have been pushed through this House of Representatives largely…

Well, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Of course, the gentleman is correct. You know, I believe in the American economy. I believe in the ability of the American people to recover this economy. I don't think that the United States House…

Madam Speaker, it's tough economic times, and almost every family, every business back in my district knows in tough times you've got to sit down and put pen to paper and figure out a budget so you know where you stand and where you're…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Just as a historical note, I think I should point out when it comes to this issue, there's actually plenty of blame to go around because after all it was in 1988 when a Democratic Congress, voting under…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss a bill that I believe has been given far too little attention by the Congress, especially considering the potential precedent that it may set. H.R. 4451, the Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act…

Madam Speaker, just within the past hour, Governor Mitch Daniels came and addressed the Congressional Health Care Caucus. He gave us some particular insights as to what's been happening in his State of Indiana with regards to health care…