Thank you. Let us not hold up the unemployment; let us not hold up the payroll tax, because those individuals said they didn't want it in the first place. Mr. President, if you have Executive order powers, let's just pass it; let's just…

I want to follow my friend from Missouri and add my appreciation to the troops who have come home and to their families, and I thank my colleagues for joining in wearing a yellow ribbon in honor of them. I hope they will go home and do the…

We are here basically because the Joker has taken control of the Congress. Everyone knows that this is a procedural calamity that will not work. The House bill was dead on arrival in the other body because it raised the premiums of…

I thank the gentleman and the Speaker and the chairman for their kindness and recognition for 2 minutes today. Coming in from Houston, I had the privilege of being with Reservists that visited one of my hospitals that serves military…

As the Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Transportation Security, I am pleased that we are on the floor today to consider the Senate amendment to H.R. 1801. Approval of this measure today will, for the…

People who are hungry for payroll tax relief, $1,000; people who are looking for the unemployment extension; those who are getting $1,000, those who would be beneficiaries of the 400,000 jobs, and those who will be beneficiaries of the…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Happy holiday to America. Let me reinforce that we live in a great country, and that is evidenced by the opportunity of Members to come to this democratic body and the other body to speak about the values…

I thank the gentleman from California. I think his presence on the floor indicates our bipartisanship and thank him for raising those comments about Christopher and our knowledge about him as well. Let me also indicate my concern and…

We just finished debating and reviewing, although the time was very short, the language that would fund this Nation. That is our duty. I'm concerned, however, that some of the cuts impacted our seniors, our young people, and our…

Members, thank you, and to my colleagues again, let me acknowledge the wearing of the yellow ribbon in a bipartisan way to say thank you to our troops. But I do want to thank as well, again, the Young Scholars Academy and Dr. Anella…

In the calamity of news reports proliferating across America regarding the epidemic proportions of child sexual abuse, I introduce Zero Tolerance For Child Sexual Abuse, H.R. 3650. I ask my colleagues to join me for a national statement of…

And I believe also that Congress has the privilege to be notified if someone is detained and has the ability to both intervene or interact with the executive, the President, on the particularly unique circumstances of a U.S. citizen being…