I believe very strongly there is a place for Article III courts and that I am an all-of-the-above approach when it comes to trial venues.

I would really argue that the Afghan Government cannot become the American jailer.

I just do not believe there are other viable locations.

I think the Navy SEAL team had to believe that the moment they encountered bin Laden, whether he raised his hands or not--that could be a fake surrender.

Mr. Speaker, last night the President hailed the success of Navy SEALs to achieve the death of mass murderer Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden declared war on America and British citizens years ago by serving as the architect for terrorist…

Don't ask us to give you sales tax relief when we're not giving it to the bookstore down the street.

You cannot protect our vital national interests if Qadhafi stays.

This bill has not been vetted properly by a committee, and again, it undermines our whole system of the rule of law. So I am compelled to object.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to start by thanking my own chairman, Mr. Ryan, and also the ranking member, Mr. Van Hollen, for the entire process. It has been my first year. I have enjoyed it. We've had some spirited debates. I know that we…

I thank Mr. Rokita for the time. I want to applaud my colleagues in the Progressive Caucus for doing something which I think is intellectually honest. In fact, I think if you look at a couple of budgets that we're going to be looking at…

To the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Chairman, I would say that it's not easy to do. Why are we here? We're here for a single purpose: we take what the Republican Committee has done and simply lay out for the American people how hard it…

I thank my friend from Maryland for yielding me this time. Mr. Chairman, we have heard from our Republican friends that they're transforming Medicare. They call it a move to premium support. They also say they're just fixing the flaws in…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 1081. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Carolina? There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

Mr. Chairman, folks, no prepared remarks, no fancy speeches. I brought with me a financial calculator. And regardless of how you calculate the numbers, America is spending too much money. You know, for 3 years in a row we spent over a…

Thank you, Father Dan Coughlin, for your service. Mr. Speaker, as Americans know, today is the annual Tax Day, April 15. I bring this up because, finally, the President has joined in the discussion of our country's dangerous deficits. On…

House Resolution 223 provides for a structured rule for consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 34. This rule makes in order every complete substitute submitted to the Rules Committee. Continuing a bipartisan tradition, we are making…

Congressman, the fact is simple. We could tax those over $100,000 a year 100 percent and we still simply could not close the deficit for this year. The fact of the matter is people talk about this government getting smaller, and the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California, Chairman Dreier. (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)