I thank the distinguished chairman and I thank you for your constant forward thinking on the workers of America. Coming from the gulf region, I don't know if any of you have ever seen an oil rig, particularly one as large as Deepwater…

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the manager's amendment to H.R. 3534, ``The Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act.'' The manager's amendment provides a number of provisions that will ensure that there is greater…

Mr. Chair, I rise to speak on H.R. 3534, the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act. I would like to recount the facts of April 30th, 2010 for this House and the American people. First, let us remember the names of the…

Thank you very much to the manager of this bill, and thank you for allowing me to rise to salute our colleague, Congressman John Lewis, and the list of honorees that he listed just a few minutes ago, part of the founding foundation of…

And so there was a special role, and I thank the gentleman for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and they have a very special place in history. I'm very grateful that this great leader and hero who is amongst us today, John…

Thank you to the manager of this legislation, Congresswoman Chu, for her very kind and astute words and to Mr. Cao for his words in recognizing that gospel music is part of Americana. And that's why I stand today to be able to reflect the…

But I can tell you that if anybody is scratching their head at the kitchen table as to how I am going to make next month's payment or tomorrow's payment, if anyone is confused, they're not confused about a procedure that is going to allow…

I was listening to the gentleman from Florida, and I want to thank him for framing the discussion as he has done, and really speaking to our colleagues and the American people. I was trying to discern what my colleague was saying, good…

I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for being a champion of this issue of eliminating the disparities that have so long plagued so many communities. I thank the chairman, John Conyers, for being persistent over the years on the…

I thank the distinguished gentleman. The statistics are very clear that the burden fell on a population that suffered more by not getting into rehabilitation than others. It is very clear that those numbers are strong. So I would simply…

Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the rule for H.R. 5822, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2011. I would like to thank my colleague, Mr. Edwards, for introducing this…