I have already discussed my amendment. I yield the floor. Amendment No. 3454 to Amendment No. 3452 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set…

Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? Our Nation's unemployment rate continues to hover around 10 percent and 36,000 more Americans lost their jobs last month; yet, once again, the current administration is failing to listen. Despite public…

I want to thank the gentlelady, Mrs. Schmidt, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this subject. Of course, for those who are in the audience, in the gallery, the question is probably, What does this guy know about National Women's…

Madam President, I rise to speak about Vitter amendment No. 3458. I hope, by the time I wrap up, the Members leading the discussion on this bill will be prepared to make the bill pending so I may also make my amendment pending. This…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside any pending business and to call up Vitter amendment No. 3458. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To clarify application requirements relating to the…

I want to thank the gentleman again, faithful virtually every week to have this leadership hour and talk about such weighty issues as health care. But to follow up on your very point, and that is today, the big question is why all these…

We're in the closing moments. I just want to touch on the process. We've heard about the Corn Husker kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gatorade Carve-out for the Medicare Advantage in Florida.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate a solemn occasion. One year ago, President Obama issued an Executive order allowing for taxpayer dollars to incentivize the destruction of human life through the use of embryonic stem cells. As a…

Well, we learned with the stimulus bill that you didn't have to read it to pass it, so I guess maybe it just correlated with that.

All special deals. And today we find out that yesterday or the day before our Speaker, Speaker Pelosi, made this comment, she said, We're going to have to pass this bill in order to find out what's in it. Now, we're talking about one-sixth…

Well, first of all, let me say something that I think is not as obvious, but if you think about it, it should be very clear. Coverage under health care does not mean access to health care. Look at Cuba. In Cuba, you have universal health…

Well, I want to thank my colleague from Missouri for hosting this and my other colleagues who are expressing leadership and really trying to make this last stand because we are at the last stand for health care, as the President continues…

I think this subcommittee is going to be shocked when the numbers come in, about what our communities are going to have to either step up or pay in money that they don't have or pay in additional insurance premiums to get flood insurance…

we need $300 million a year just to finish these 18 projects

we're grateful for the $10 million that is in this bill to begin turning dirt

we have the largest land loss anywhere in the lower 48. And it's quite an urgent matter.

this is the first $10 million that's been directed in a budget for construction