What does the plan do for the 90 percent of mortgage holders not in default? And will federal aid go to banks who gave out mortgages they shouldn't have?

Outside the walls of Congress, America is paralyzed by a suffocating crisis of confidence. A virus that began in the credit and housing markets has spread to infect the broader economy. Small businesses are hunkered down. The promise of…

So much of the spending that is in the bill, frankly, although may be laudable in and of itself, has no place in the stimulus bill.

I would hope that the standard of transparency and openness that should be applied to the expenditure of the TARP moneys can be applied to the conduct of the proceedings of this House over the next 2 years during the 111th Congress. I…

Mr. Speaker, President Obama has asked that 40 percent of the stimulus bill be reserved for tax relief. Republicans agree on the need for fast-acting tax relief for families and small businesses. Unfortunately, it seems the Democrat…

Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman knows, the Democrat congressional stimulus bill will add nearly $1 trillion to the Nation's debt. That is roughly $2,700 in additional debt for every man, woman and child in the United States. Republicans are…

I would like to turn, Madam Speaker, to the issue of committee ratios. And I do know that there has been some progress made on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Essentially, Madam Speaker, my question to the gentleman is the ratio on the…

I would like to bring the gentleman back to a conversation that we had last week regarding the SCHIP bill. Because, frankly, Madam Speaker, I'm a little bit concerned that the Democrat majority is not fulfilling President-elect Obama's…

I would also ask the gentleman if he would commit to allowing both Republicans and Democrats the ability to offer amendments on a regular basis, especially as, in this instance, when a bill comes to the floor without committee…

I rise today to underscore that all of us, Republicans and Democrats alike, desire to ensure that all children of low-income working families have access to high-quality, affordable health care. But at this time in our economy when…

I would ask, Madam Speaker, along those lines, if nothing else, the budget window has changed, as the gentleman recognized, and the costs will likely be more substantial. We do have, obviously, 55 new Members of this Congress that have not…

I stand here in support of Israel because I have been there. I've seen Sderot. One of the most memorable visits to Israel that I've been on, I visited with a family, a family that lived in a town called Gush Katif. It was a town in the…

I would like to ask specifically, would anything in Chairman Frank's bill prevent our Members from having a vote to stop the additional $350 billion in bailout funds from being spent?

I think most American taxpayers now are sort of scratching their head and wondering when all this bailout stuff is going to end. And probably thinking when is my bailout coming?

I think this is a case of failure of Speaker Pelosi to listen not only to her members but certainly to our members.

I would just say that the Plum Creek Forest tax credit scheme is plumb wrong. This is the ``bridge to nowhere'' of the farm bill. This has no business being in the farm bill. This is clearly, as the gentleman from Louisiana said, an…

So clearly, Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman, I would imagine that the economic times surrounding that article 6, 8 months ago certainly may have been different than they are today. We have been on the floor all day, and will…

60 years ago, outnumbered and under- equipped, the Jews of Palestine beat back five invading Arab armies to win a miraculous victory. Thus, the 2,000-year-old dream of reestablishing a state in the Jewish ancestral homeland was realized…

just a few months ago, we said farewell to a great woman and a great patriot, my colleague of several years, Jo Ann Davis. Jo Ann was a terrific friend, and the Commonwealth of Virginia suffered tremendously from her loss. Since my days of…

This budget document represents a choice about the future of where we're going in this country. This represents a choice about whether we here in Washington are actually going to do something for the American people. You know, if you think…

I commend those sponsors of the bill who brought this piece of legislation to the floor. And I rise to recount a story that I was told in August when I was in Israel with several of our colleagues. We visited a young family who was then…

I think what we are hearing across the country today is a collective sigh of relief on the part of tens of millions of American families who now will not be subjected to an over $3,000 tax increase this year. This is real relief for real…

I do rise in support of this bill. I think, if one thing was clear on 9/11, we saw the unthinkable come to reality. And going forward, given the context of this bill, I don't think there is any way that we can quantify the risk posed by…

just as she did this evening, on November 9 of this year, Speaker Pelosi stood on the floor of this House and told the American people that the middle class was long overdue for tax relief. She said that an AMT bill had to be about tax…

when an act of random cruelty bewilders us and pulls us down, exceptional displays of generosity, courage and heroism can serve as a potent counterforce. They comfort and replenish the bereaved, and they remind us of the extraordinary…