Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 633 I was at a medical appointment in Baltimore, MD and unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

So let's not fool the public that we are doing something for pediatric research. I know my friend, Mr. Upton, has been a supporter of NIH in years past. And he is my dear friend and a good Member, but I tell my friend, this bill does not…

To that extent, this is not real. It is a message. Everybody on this floor, I presume, is for children's health, is for pediatric research, is for trying to make sure that our children are healthy and saved from disease and affliction. I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman who preceded me said he is a freshman. I have been here for 33 years. For 23 of those years I served on the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee. I…

Madam President, earlier this year I chaired a Helsinki Commission hearing on the situation in Hungary. Today, I would like to revisit some of the issues addressed by our witnesses. Since the April 2010 elections, Hungary has undertaken…

Why don't we want to give the President any credit?

It seems like this President gets no credit for anything. Nothing. Zilch.

We just have to have the will to get it done. And we will get it done.

We think it is important to find ways to reduce the amount of corn ethanol that is blended into gasoline.

I think you have answered the question. Your focus, and I understand that, you have interpreted the code to give you authority to deal with the blend wall issues and the energy issues.

If we were drafting a Renewable Fuels Standard bill today, I think we would be very cautious about using corn ethanol.

It had a really significant impact on a second point of agriculture.

40 percent of the domestic production of corn goes to fuel, and the poultry industry is very dependent upon the corn stock.

I have serious concerns about our current program.

I do not understand why you did it for the advanced fuels.

I fully concur in that.

I am a strong supporter of the Renewable Fuel Standards. It is important for energy security, for our environmental concerns.

My view is that good policy is what we need to do and that the failure to enact good policy builds a pressure for more extreme results that could be damaging to our overall objective on the Renewable Fuel Standards.