More and more, the voices are being raised about the devastating impact of a sequester, a self- inflicted wound of this Congress because we could not come together as the American people have directed us to do. The security of the United…

I join with my colleagues to say that sequester is not the answer. When I begin to look at my district and I see high school students and middle school students and elementary school students, I say sequester is not the answer. Yes, we can…

I absolutely agree with my colleagues of the necessity of an absolute firewall around the protection of the First Amendment. And I do believe that Members understand the sacred aspect of freedom of religion and the separation of church and…

I thank the distinguished gentleman for his kindness. Let me thank the ranking member very much. I think we can make this work. And I also want to just mention an anecdotal story: when we had Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the places of…

We had a historic occasion last evening, but I rise to comment on a number of issues. I first want to acknowledge and pay tribute to a Texan who was buried yesterday in a tragic incident, Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who had served this…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me just say, I don't think anyone on this side of the aisle is not prepared to work collaboratively on the question of the deficit, on the question of growing America's economy and working with our…

My other amendment had to do with the estate tax to raise revenue, and that would have been a reasonable debate to address what we can do to make the lives of Americans better. Request a plan; a plan is not action. The President does a…

My friend from Massachusetts is absolutely right. What most of America is waiting for is for us to address the very abyss that we've put ourselves in, the cliff that we've put ourselves in--the fact that we became hostage to this idea of a…

Will the gentleman yield for just one quick moment. I want to applaud him for that and just add two groups that we did not mention yet that will really be impacted by comprehensive immigration reform: Liberians who came here on deferred…

I'd like to thank the distinguished gentleman from New York and the distinguished gentleman from Nevada. I particularly want to thank them for hosting this vital discussion, this Special Order, and pay tribute to them for doing a service…

This measure will continue to ensure funding for all federal government obligations and allow the government to continue its day to day operations through May of 2013. The U.S. Constitution is clear on the subject of the debt limit…

I thank the gentleman very much from Massachusetts, and I thank my friend from Texas. I would hope that all of us would commit to doing our job. And I know that my good friend recognizes that the Constitution in article I, section 8…