I thank my good friend and the distinguished ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Mr. Chairman, this bill is extraordinary even for the most anti- environmental House of Representatives in American history. The Republican…

We are big boys and girls, and we understand that our words can have consequences nonetheless.

I cosponsored legislation authored by Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado to streamline the process for domestic rare earth production.

Thus, we call upon the administration to work with Congress to formulate a coherent, common sense approach to ending China's monopoly on rare earths.

It is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. It is an American issue that requires bipartisan leadership.

I thank my good friend from Michigan for yielding. Let me take this opportunity to thank the 174 Republican Members of this House who voted with us in a bipartisan fashion just last month to avert the first Federal default in the Nation's…

If regulations and economical growth were inversely related, then sub-Saharan Africa would have the most productive economy on earth.

I want to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for their efforts to pass this clean extension of both our surface and air transportation programs. Working in a bipartisan fashion, we can avoid the previous clashes and political theatrics…

Now you have got a minority-owned business successful in that category that has to compete with the big guys.

The success of these small businesses is what is helping to drive the economic recovery.

Some of the fears expressed are understandable, but I think if you look at the respective bills Mr. Rogers and I have introduced, they are limited pilot programs and they keep the small business set-aside entirely intact.

Their testimony, their assertions, are absolutely false. My legislation does not in any way change the size standards of the existing program and in fact explicitly has a provision that this pilot program at GSA for mid-tier companies to…

It is my small, minority businesses that are clamoring for some relief from the mid-tier category.

I believe if we can do that and succeed in that goal, it is a good deal for taxpayers; it will foster innovation...

I believe the two, in fact, are extensions of each other.

I don't believe that is true. I believe experience will prove that it is not true.

We do need to take cognizance of unintended consequences that strengthen the hands of forces we would prefer be weakened.

America needs jobs, and it's time we focused on proven policies rather than political rhetoric and posturing. We need a real jobs program that builds on actual successes. The President tonight will be putting forward his job creation…

I thank the gentlelady, my good friend from New York. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the rules of the House. The Sergeant of Arms is to…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had no idea that my pending remarks would lead to such a wellspring of apparent support. I would point out, Mr. Speaker, that in the last rejoinder between the gentleman from New Jersey and the gentleman from…

As the debate on avoiding a devastating default has progressed over the last several months, we've heard from many House Republicans that ``compromise'' is a dirty word. But the voices we should be listening to are those of the American…

The bill proposed last night by the House Republicans set us up to fail and risk a catastrophic default. Today's gimmick is more of the same. But to win over the crowd calling for default, House Republican leadership would now make the…

I thank the gentlelady. Bond rating houses have already predicted that if we have a short- term fix to the debt ceiling here in the House today, we risk the downgrading of the creditworthiness of this country. Now, the GOP has proved…

I've heard many of my Republican friends claim that providing the private sector with certainty and then getting out of its way is one of the ways Congress spurs economic recovery. Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner's plan does neither of…

never once has there been an error, never once have they had to be reminded to meet an obligation, never once have they arbitrarily denied something that was important to us in sharp contrast to the private insurance system.