Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1337 was introduced by the Tennessee delegation last week to express the sympathy and condolences of the House of Representatives to those impacted by…

Three years later, everybody is Monday morning quarterbacks, but sometimes you look and say, my God, a lot of this money was just completely fraudulently spent.

I have never known anyone that enjoys their job more than Mayor Riley.

safe exploration for oil and gas here in America makes a lot of sense.

if we don't learn something from this Gulf spill and fix it, that is unacceptable.

He is one of the longest serving mayors, I think, in the country.

The higher the number, the more the authority you have to get, but not let it stand in the way of getting some cash into the region, because it is a balancing act, Mayor Riley, that we are trying to achieve here.

the review of this Act, the Stafford Act, is probably long overdue.

So being able to meet payroll, where the Federal Government comes in with loans that will change the quality of life, to me seems to be a major change that is necessary.

Mr. Speaker, first there was a government scheme that offered financial incentives to upgrade to more energy efficient cars--Cash for Clunkers--and that program came in over budget--by 300 percent. Now Congress is trying to do the same…

Madam Speaker, while they are courageously serving our great Nation overseas, America's brave men and women in uniform are receiving sweet treats from South Carolina's Ms. Janet Cram, the Cookie Lady. Ms. Cram, a Hilton Head Island…

Mr. Speaker, Congress should be considering job creation policies to get America's economy rolling once again. A proven method has been the research and development tax credit to stay competitive in the global marketplace and to keep high…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 2927. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Carolina? There was no objection. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, longtime South Carolina resident Ms. Elise Jones Martin is a leader throughout the communities in our State, particularly in the capital of Columbia. It was on Washington Street that she opened a thriving beauty salon. It was…

There's a disconnect here between what we're saying in reality. The watch list, when you look at the numbers, has so many problems with it that I think is not appropriate to go down the road that we're going, because a constitutional right…

We are at war, and we have to realize the profile of the enemy, and you do not want to focus on law-abiding American Muslim males who are serving in the military unjustifiably.

Nobody in their right mind would expect a marine to read someone caught on the battlefield their rights.