“Good morning. Just when we thought we had seen the last of each other yesterday, here we are again–perhaps as the first session of the 112th Congress comes to an end, that it will happen this weekend.”

Good morning, everyone. Today is a very special day. One that we have looked forward to for a very long time. It marks the ending of the war in Iraq. Secretary Panetta officially took down the flag and handed full responsibility over Iraq to the Iraqi people and their government.”

“California continues to lead the nation in developing America’s first true high-speed rail system, which will link California from Los Angeles to San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center. The Rail Authority’s recent business plan lays out a responsive, responsible, and realistic path forward.”

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we gather here, President Obama is at Fort Bragg honoring and thanking our men and women in uniform for their service in the war in Iraq and for the sacrifices they have been willing to make to keep us the ‘home of the brave and the land of the free.'”

“Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding, I commend [him] for his extraordinary leadership on behalf of Americans, America’s working families. He has demonstrated long-term, consistent dedication to their well being. Thank you Mr. Chairman for your leadership.”

“Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and appreciate his presentation on why we are here today and why the rule that is being brought to the floor is not the right one because it does not allow for us to have options for the American people to be considered.”

“Having witnessed the devastation of a pipeline explosion – meeting the victims, touring the destruction, and thanking the first responders – it is all too clear why Congress had to take strong bipartisan action to strengthen pipeline safety standards.”

“Good afternoon. Well, here we are in the Capitol. I was thinking about, this morning, about the comments made by President Obama earlier this week in Kansas when he really set the tone on how we can go forward to end our work this year to create work for the American people. He said: ‘We are greater working together–when everyone has a fair shot, when everybody does their fair share.’ And that is really the attitude that we should be having.”

“Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans risk raising taxes on 160 million Americans to protect the 300,000 wealthiest Americans.”

“Good afternoon. We are here this afternoon because, as you know, this morning we had a meeting of the House Democratic leadership with President Obama. And without going into the particulars of the meeting, it did afford us an opportunity to congratulate the President on his excellent statement in Kansas about fairness and the strength of the middle class and what that means to our country.”