It would be wrong and it would be harmful to U.S. interests.

Did he or did he not favor the withholding of U.S. dues?

The time to govern is now. The reckless continuing resolution that Republicans passed 2 weeks ago is an abject failure of leadership. In the race for ever-increasing and arbitrary cuts, they demonstrated on a party-line vote that they know…

I can't remember a performance as impressive as yours. Your stamina, breadth of knowledge, and your experience make all of us proud.

I offer this amendment on behalf of myself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Moran, Ms. Edwards, and Mr. Van Hollen. In his final term in Congress, my Republican predecessor Tom Davis helped broker an agreement to boost Metro funding by the Federal, State…

The United States imports over 60 percent of all the oil we consume, most of which is used for vehicles. OPEC alone exports 2 billion barrels per year to the United States. At a cost of $90 per barrel, approximate current price, this…

While I understand and support the need to establish long-term fiscal responsibility, to reduce spending, to reduce the deficit, and to grow the economy, H.R. 1 is not the way. It takes a meat ax to American competitiveness and actually…

Mr. Speaker, we're more than 5 weeks into this Congress and the majority has yet to bring to the floor even a single bill aimed at job creation. Yesterday I asked, Where is the job creation agenda? The American people have said loud and…

I can't think frankly of a more reckless idea than repeal of all or parts of the Clean Air Act. It would transform the quality of life for all Americans. Our colleague from Illinois' comments about having children who live in Chicago, the…

My colleague could not be more correct. And, of course, as he recalls, not only sound progressive legislation but sound environmental legislation that had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law by a Republican President.

10 million Americans want to participate in public financing of Presidential campaigns. And I would dare say that dwarfs anything we've heard from YouCut. So if we're going to get in the business of what the American people want and how…

I rise as a member of the Budget Committee to oppose this deficit-busting repeal, and I want to speak today on behalf of Suzanne from Vienna, Virginia. Suzanne's daughter suffers from a debilitating neurological disease. Before health care…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the tax cut compromise. Although our economy is in recovery, it remains fragile. If we don't pass an extension of the tax cuts now, every American will see smaller paychecks and higher taxes in…

I have spent the last 10 years here in the national capital region encouraging the public sector to follow the lead of the private sector in promoting telework. In my district, for example, AT&T, a private employer, one-third of its…

Of course what we've just heard is nonsense. If my friends on the other side of the aisle had had their way in the worst economic recession in 80 years, which was on their watch, they would have done nothing. As a matter of fact, a…

Like many Members in this House, in the last week I attended numerous memorials, remembrances of the tragedy of 9/11. It's particularly poignant to northern Virginia because the other attack that day was at the Pentagon, which is in…

As somebody who spent 14 years in local government before coming here to the United States Congress, I know how essential it is that our State and local governments get some relief. The cumulative deficit they are going to experience over…

According to independent economists, the action of this Congress pulled the economy back from the brink of falling into another Great Depression. I hope my colleagues have had a chance to review the recently released study by former…

I want to thank Chairman Rahall and Chairman Oberstar, in particular, for their hard work on this bill and for their collaboration on this amendment. I am joined by Congressman Holt and Congressman Welch, who co-introduced this amendment…

There has been considerable finger pointing, misdirected, I might add, by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, with respect to who is responsible for the mountain of debt weighing on our Nation. I rise to set the record straight…

Last week we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the adoption of the Older Americans Act. Later this month we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Medicare and next month the 75th anniversary of Social Security. Seniors are vital to our…

I particularly want to thank my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) who's been a long-time leader in telework, and my colleague and friend from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) for his leadership on this legislation. Without that leadership, we…

It would be unconscionable for this Congress to fail to enact legislative protections for the Nation's consumers after the worst economic collapse in 80 years. We must pass Wall Street reform when it comes before the House hopefully later…

The Small Business Lending Fund Act will expand opportunities for small businesses to access critically needed capital today. Our amendment ensures that the program works as intended, that America's small businesses receive access to that…

This happened by virtue of a conscious decision, by Congress' control, by our friends on the other side, and by the Bush administration to find all kinds of waivers and exemptions from normal regulatory review and from simple commonsense…