Mr. President, I call to the attention of my colleagues two amendments that Senator Webb and I have filed to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 2012. Each of these amendments relates…

It's particularly ironic that this session of Congress opened with a recital of the United States Constitution which really just, in the vote yesterday, has been debased. And our democratic Republic has been debased to an extent that I…

Thank you, and I thank the gentlelady for yielding to me today. I certainly appreciate it. Mr. Speaker, I rise today not only as a proud Republican woman as well, as my good colleague from Kansas said, but also as a wife and as a mother…

The right to vote is a fundamental right which is at the heart of this Nation. This right is under attack. I came to this floor, after the stolen Presidential elections in Florida and Ohio, to protest the results of these two elections…

First, let me thank the gentleman for yielding and for his outstanding leadership. I rise in strong opposition to what has been appropriately labeled as the ``duck, dodge, and dismantle'' budget bill. The Republicans duck making the hard…

I thank Senator Johanns. It is an honor to be here with him, and also with the good Senator from Tennessee, Lamar Alexander. It is great to be here with them as well as Senator Risch from Idaho. We have a common shared experience as…

While we are preoccupied with the weighty issues of the day, we also need to take a moment to acknowledge what is also good. Today I'd like to recognize an exceptionally strong and inspiring group of women, the United States women's soccer…

What is being talked about today in terms of inserting language into our United States Constitution that constrains fiscal policy is nothing more and nothing less than a perversion of our democratic Republic. To take a major power away…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill before us. Mr. Speaker, I support a balanced budget amendment, but what the majority has brought before the House…

America is in crisis mode today. We are up against a deadline to increase our nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit to meet its financial obligations. There was initial hope some weeks ago that with the president finally leading the talks…

Mr. President, I commend my colleague, the Senator from Illinois, for his comments. I affirm his sentiments. We have two problems in front of us right now--one intermediate problem: raising the debt ceiling. If we have a downgrade in our…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a cosponsor and urge strong support of my colleagues for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H.R. 2560. I really believe if you owe debts, pay debts. We must find a way to honor the…

It would be my expectation that we would not yield the jurisdiction of constitutionality exclusively to the judiciary. Throughout American history, it has mostly settled there, but we contain it as well. But ultimately it would put the…

Mr. President, I rise today with deep sadness to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of Army SPC Nicholas P. Bernier, who died on June 25, 2011, from injuries sustained during combat in Kherwar, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation…

I was unable to cast my votes today. Had I been present to cast my votes, I would have voted ``yes'' on H.R. 33 and ``yes'' on approving the Journal. ____________________

Mr. President, 46 years ago, Congress made a promise to the thirteen Appalachian Regional Commission member States--New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina…

America is facing a fiscal crisis of unprecedented proportions--a $14 trillion national debt, another $1.6 trillion deficit, and now a debt ceiling crisis looms. As negotiations go forward, Members of Congress have a choice to make. We can…

Mr. President, the media has been focused on our differences. But I think there is one thing that every single member of this body agrees on, we have to address the long-term debt and deficits. Like many Members of this Chamber, I have…