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House Chamber, Washington, D.C. March 12, 2009. Mr. Speaker: Many people were quite relieved when President Obama promised to reduce taxes on 95 percent of Americans.
Heartland Institute, New York, New York, March 9, 2009. I must admit to being a little nervous to accept your kind invitation to come to New York to discuss global warming. I remember that it was right here in this city a year and a half ago that no less an authority than Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
House Chamber, Washington DC. March 9, 2009. Perhaps only one generation in a century is fortunate enough to actually know a truly great leader – and ours was that generation.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C., March 9, 2009. M. Speaker: I rise to honor the memory of Dr. Gregory Freydman of California.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. March 6, 2009. M. Speaker:
I rise today in tribute to Rev. Wadahawa Singh Gill, who passed away last week at the age of 87.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
March 5, 2009
Mr. Speaker:
We have all heard a great deal of rhetoric blaming the Bush administration for the nation’s economic woes, and I actually rise to join that chorus.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
March 3, 2009
M. Speaker:
The Laffer Curve is a simple but elegant method of demonstrating how increasing taxes reduces economic productivity until a point of equilibrium is reached when further tax hikes actually reduce revenue.
House Chamber, Washington D.C.
March 3, 2009
M. Speaker:
I’d like to offer a word of caution about the law of unintended consequences.
Last week, this house passed the Administration’s proposal to allow homeowners to force banks to reduce the size of their mortgages and interest rates.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2009. M. Speaker: Sierra Pacific Industries just announced the closure of its sawmill in Quincy, California, throwing another 150 families out of work.