And may I inquire of the gentleman, if I may inquire before we start this process, if he would explain to us so that we will all be on the same page. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized for that purpose.

If I may make a unanimous consent to ask Mr. Goodlatte a question so that we all do understand the nature of the language that we will be reading today, I think it would be very helpful to us on a bipartisan basis. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may inquire.

I do have. My parliamentary inquiry is, will we be reading the entire original document without deletion, or will we be reading a document with deletions that may or may not have been accomplished by respective amendments? The SPEAKER pro…

I thank the Speaker. Mr. Goodlatte, could you explain to us the decision-making process about which language to read today? And the reason I ask is, through our American history, we have had a series of amendments that were intended to…

``To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations.''

We appreciate the leadership shown to bring this document for reading today; but I do want to inquire of the Chair and perhaps the gentleman who is the author of this effort today, Mr. Goodlatte. The language, as I understand it, that we…

And would the gentleman accept the premise that since we have not been able to review the exact language we will be reading today--I will wait for a moment, Mr. Speaker. We do want to have a good bipartisan success here today, and this is…

Article IV, section 1: ``Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records…

I thank the gentleman. I am so pleased to be here again. I have been here in the House on this floor for the last hour and a half because I feel passionately, as we all do, about health care. There is not one among us, either personally…

I'm so pleased to join you today and to talk about health care. And I feel very personally about health care, as somebody who went for a long time without any health care coverage and worried like Americans do all across this country. They…

Thank you for yielding, Mr. Yarmuth. You know, as I listened to this discussion, I thought, I wonder what taxpayers are thinking about with this discussion. I wonder about those taxpayers who go to work every day but who, through no fault…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. And it occurred to me as we heard this discussion--and thank you to Mr. Courtney for raising these issues with us, Mr. Speaker. Because it occurred to me that while we should be spending our time focused…

``Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceedings and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the…

Mr. President, it is a great honor to join in recognizing and celebrating my colleague, the senior Senator from Maryland. Senator Barbara Mikulski became the longest serving woman Senator in our Nation's history today when she completed…

Mr. President, I want to join my colleagues in congratulating Senator Barbara A. Mikulski as she becomes the longest serving female Senator in American history. Senator Mikulski and I began our Senate careers in the 1980s, and it has been…

Madam President, there will be a live quorum at 12 noon on Wednesday, January 5, to convene the 112th Congress. Senators are encouraged to report to the floor at that time. ____________________

Madam President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate--let me say it has been a pleasure serving with you-- I wish everyone here Godspeed and a Merry Christmas, and I ask unanimous consent that the Senate adjourn under…