House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2012

This amendment cuts more than a quarter billion dollars of unauthorized appropriations from the International Trade Administration.  Text  May 8, 2012

Under the Fourth Amendment, if the Government wants to snoop through a person’s email, it must first convince a judge that there is probable cause to believe that person has committed a crime and it must specify the documents it believes are relevant to that charge. Yesterday the House passed a measure... Text.  April 27, 2012

A defining aspect of the American tradition is that groups of citizens band together for a wide variety of civic purposes.  They recruit volunteers, raise funds and spend those funds to promote whatever project or cause brings them together.  Text.  April 17, 2012.

Mr. Chairman, a year ago, the House passed a budget that would have put our nation back on the path to fiscal solvency and ultimately paid off the entire national debt.  It would have saved Medicare and Medicaid from collapse...text link.  March 28, 2012.

Remarks in support of the FY 2013 Budget Resolution.  "The House is about to consider a budget in a dangerous hour in the life of our country.  Last year, we barreled past several urgent warning signals..." text link.  March 27, 2012.

Debate remarks in support of H.R. 2842.  The legislation allows small hydroelectric generators to be placed in pipelines and canals that have already passed environmental review.  March 6, 2012.

Debate remarks in support of HR 1837, legislation to bring the full force of federal law to protect senior and area of origin water rights holders, and to address policies responsible for fallowing once-productive California farmland.  February 29th, 2012.  Click here to watch opening remarks.

This bill presents us with a simple question: “It is possible – just possible – that from time to time Congress has passed a spending bill or two that ought to have had greater scrutiny?”   Text.

A family that excludes from its budget the mortgage payments it knows it must make is deluding itself and sabotaging its own finances...Text.