I have been on this floor yesterday and today, earlier this morning, to offer my sympathy to those who lost their lives and suffer in Boston and say that we are united with them. But this Congress now is proceeding on some important…

It was my intent as well, as my colleague indicated, to come to the floor and discuss and urge the fast consideration of gun safety legislation and to speak as well to the jurisdictional issue of the Homeland Security Department working on…

I thank my good friend. I'm so glad my good friend talked about the question of fairness because I believe in fairness as well; and I ask my colleagues to enthusiastically, with great presence, to vote this legislation down because it is…

Throughout the week, we have been hearing from souls who have asked us to have mercy on them and to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Thousands came to petition the government. There were mothers and fathers and children, and I am…

I thank my colleagues and friends who are managing this legislation. We are in the Judiciary Committee passing something called the REINS Act because our friends on the other side of the aisle don't believe that the President is…

Today, the bodies of this Congress have an opportunity to save lives. In fact, they have an historic moment. They actually have the ability to act for once after a tragedy of the proportions of Newtown, having not acted over the…

I thank the gentleman. Do you know what this bill does? It puts a knife in the process that has been used by President Bush 140 times--recess appointments--to keep the work of the American people going forward. How backwards is that? I…

Most of us came here to this place to serve the American people and to ensure that the most powerful law- making body answers the needs and the cries of those who cannot speak for themselves, and yet, as we languish in those values, they…

I too adhere to the Second Amendment, as all of us do. I can assure the gentleman that anything we do with sensible gun legislation that will protect the lives of babies whose lives were lost in Newtown and Aurora and Virginia Tech and…

I thank the gentlelady for bringing a sense of passion to this debate. So many of us can remember where we were and how incredulous it was when we heard the news coming, and first we thought this is not real. We couldn't be hearing it…

Thank you very much. I'm so glad the Speaker was responding on that hundred billion dollars. It probably got him out of his chair. I think we're allowed to say those kinds of things on the floor. I will have a few more points that I do…

Thank you so very much for the opportunity to discuss with my colleagues a pending action in the United States Congress and a plea for civility and fairness. As I do that, let me acknowledge Equal Pay Day and my support, as I've done over…