Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, despite its obvious shortcomings, and yield myself such time as I may consume.On March 17th, the House approved the prior version of this bill, which would have extended Federal unemployment, COBRA and related benefits, plus the ...

Madame Speaker, It is tough to see this bill as either a small business bill or a jobs bill.  Specifically, I have three main concerns:  It raises taxes on employers during a recession – making it tougher for Americans to find needed work.  Roughly 80 percent of the so-called ...

Madame Speaker,The Republican Motion to Recommit is straightforward.  It:  Strikes troubling tax increases; Maintains the tax relief for small businesses;  Repeals unpopular provisions of the health care bill that force middle class families to pay more in taxes and ...

Madam Speaker, Like all of my colleagues here in the House of Representatives, I was shocked and horrified by the tragedy that occurred at the IRS office in Austin, Texas, on February 18th. I especially want to offer my condolences to the family of Vernon Hunter, who lost his life in this senseless attack.  Mr. ...

 Madam Speaker, This legislation increases the debt limit by an astounding $1.9 trillion, the largest one-time increase in the debt limit ever. Since the Majority came into control of Congress, the debt limit has been increased by over $5.3 trillion or by nearly 60%.  Despite this ...

Madame Speaker, The bill before us is a candid admission by the Majority that their tax, borrow and spend ways have driven America deeper and deeper into debt.  In fact, because of the failed trillion-dollar stimulus spending ...

Madame Speaker, let me be blunt: we should be and can be doing much more to advance our trade agenda and create much needed jobs for American workers.  This year, America’s trade agenda has stalled, and it has had a chilling effect on our economy and on global commerce – in some cases even weakening our national security ...

Madame Speaker,It is the tradition of this House to annually extend certain tax relief items; everything from a Research and Development tax credit, to ...

Mr. Speaker, Republicans have listened to the American people; it is clear from the Speaker’s health care bill, the Democratic majority has not.The Speaker crafted this bill behind closed doors and added one-thousand pages ...

Madame Speaker,The American people deserve and demand a common sense approach to health care reform that:1) Makes health care reform affordable, ...