the Feds have been mandating high stakes testing for years now, and there is a consensus, kids surely do not like it.

The contributions that Congress and the administration have made in the past year on tax reform and regulatory relief have unlocked the potential for my small business to create growth and opportunities for everyone.

I am proud to welcome Pastor Rosalinda Rivera, and her friends, of Chesterfield County, Virginia, to the House Chamber today. As an associate pastor at the New Life Outreach Church, the church her parents, Carmen and Victor Torres founded…

We have failed to stay true to that vision. Adam Smith had the exact same logic.

Access to capital continues to remain a topic of concern for American small businesses, nowhere more than rural America.

This means that there are great small businesses' ideas that are frequently overlooked in my district in Virginia.

Investing in and growing rural America is vital not just to citizens to live there but also to the future of our country.

The American people are sick and tired of the double standard shown to the Clintons, and the issue does not just stop narrowly with all of the issues which were just laid out so well by my colleague. There is sufficient evidence that…

I wish my Democrat friends would go back to their buddy and my buddy, JFK, who got tremendous economic growth by focusing on things that matter.

The shocking thing is that we did the tax cuts, and the mainstream press, the Democrats discovered this thing called the deficit.

the ALLOW Act would utilize Congress' constitutional authority over the District of Columbia to establish a template for occupational licensing reform that other States could follow.

For me, the preference or the option should always go to the poor, right?

I want these loans; I want economic growth.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. (a) None of the funds…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 414.

First I would like to thank my very good friend from Arizona (Mr. Biggs), first of all, for his moving testimony on behalf of the greatest folks who ever served our Nation and for arranging this Special Order to honor the valiant men and…

While appalling that President Obama refused even to acknowledge the threat of radical Islamist terrorism.

the key question that will determine whether the American people believe the law is a success, is President Obama's promise if you like your health care you can keep it.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 615. ____________________

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

On rollcall No. 399, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

Regretfully I am absent from the floor today. My son is graduating from high school tonight. Had I been present, however, I would have voted: On the Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 783 (rollcall 304), I would have voted ``yea.''…

Encouraging personal savings is more important now than ever. We need to make it easier for the American people to work, save, invest, and live the lives they want.

My Virginia constituents like it, regardless of their political leanings. I hope we can all work together on ideas like this to help our constituents face life's challenges and opportunities.