We have got to change the dates at which people are eligible for Social Security.

We must balance our budget, sharply reduce the deficit and stop out of control spending in this Congress, with this President.

America is vulnerable and we can no longer be a debtor nation beholden to foreign creditors in Europe, the Middle East and China.

I just don't think we can quite grasp the painful reality that America is indeed subject to the laws of finance.

Our first national budget priority is to raise an Army, broadly defined, to ensure that we meet our constitutional duty to keep the American people safe.

You know, Americans instinctively know that no family, no business, no country, not even America, can stay on this path of borrowing more than 40 cents out of every dollar that we are spending.

Something is wrong, putting us all at risk.

We simply cannot continue to borrow 42 cents of every dollar we spend and expect to dig ourselves out of this debt crisis.

Yet as I see it, the gravest threat to our country is being addressed right here as you prepare our budget for fiscal year 2012.

I see this as a conversation, albeit an overhyped one, but it is a conversation that must take place.

Americans of Muslim faith, they truly are an integral part of our Nation's community and contribute to the quality of life in this country.

So it is with alarm, and frankly with a degree of sadness, that I conclude that the radicalization of our youth... is indeed taking place in this country.

As a business owner for more than 20 years, I know firsthand that excessive tax paperwork and compliance matters are already major expenses to our small businesses. And the new reporting requirements included in the health care law will…

You know, these reporting requirements are a classic example of laws that are passed by people who have no clue what it means to go out and create a job and that put precious capital at risk. They're created, these laws, by people who have…

And account for more than 75 percent of new job growth. And according to a study by the Small Business Administration, the cost of complying with the Tax Code is 66 percent higher for small businesses as compared to large businesses.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Forbes Joint Forces Command Amendment. The establishment of a combatant command requires a literal act of Congress. It follows, then, that the closure of a combatant command should involve…

I truly believe, and I don't use these words lightly, that it is a breach of trust to change the deal

When future generations look back at the 112th Congress, they should be able to remember us as the Congress that made the tough decisions that got our economy back on track and restored America to greatness. That's why I fully support the…

I think to raise those premiums or to raise the deductible I think is a breach of trust with those who have served our country.

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution today. We gather here to remember the innocent people whose lives were cut tragically short by the horror that unfolded in Arizona on Saturday. We also gather to honor and pray for…

Amendment 14: ``All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall…