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I appreciate my friend, Judge Carter, and I appreciate your insights in this discussion. I would like to finish tonight by reading a couple of things of historical nature because I know our President has said we're not a Christian Nation…
Well, it makes most of us just furious that BP appears to have gotten in such a hurry that with all the talk and all the help that Senator Kerry and the global warming bill and this administration on global warming and all the bills they…
The people who are coming into the country illegally, obviously they are not worrying about what the laws in the wilderness area are. They can bring mechanical things and let them work there, but the Border Patrol cannot pursue them. Those…
It certainly is part of Minerals Management Service. I have to say, it was a hunch when I heard President Obama talking about the cozy relationship between Big Oil and the regulators. It just hit me, and I sent a message to my staff and…
Well, I was just going to mention, former Vice President Gore. He has got a global warming problem of his own now, so I will probably just leave reference to him out entirely. Apparently his planet is warming right now. But it is…
Well, reclaiming my time, it appears that apparently former President George W. Bush must have had an awful lot of activity to have that kind of effect on global warming even back then. But then I find it interesting, because I know my…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 4333
Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the Thune amendment. This is the Republican alternative. Of course, we now know the Baucus package did not get the 60 votes required to go forward and, therefore, we are now looking at the Republican…
Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for the leadership that both you and Chairman Towns have provided in the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and, of course, your staff that has worked so hard on making sure that we get this…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 14 offered by Mr. Cuellar: Page 21, after line 18, insert the following new paragraph (and…
I thank my colleague from Texas, and thank him for the kind words. And I appreciate it. I thank him for the work that he's been doing. At this time, Madam Chair, I'd certainly just want to ask my colleagues to support this. I'm also a…
Just to conclude, we added some specific language that says, ``Agencies shall fund the reporting requirements of this Act out of the existing budgets and authorized to make any necessary reprogramming of funds.'' So this addresses the…
Israel has the absolute right to defend itself. It is under siege. In the north, it has the terrorist group Hezbollah; in the south, it has the terrorist group Hamas, both firing missiles into that Nation. Recently, six ships tried to…
When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, there was no plan to handle that disaster. The Federal Government was missing in action. Now the Feds have a moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling. The administration…
I support House Resolution 1422 to honor the Department of Justice on the occasion of its 140th anniversary. In 1870 Congress passed the ``Act to Establish the Department of Justice.'' President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law on…
I thank the gentleman for his leadership, and I thank the full Committee on Ways and Means for being a lifeline for small businesses. And I ask my colleagues on the floor of the House to join them. Without this effort, small business doors…
Today Republicans are on the floor of the House of Representatives speaking out on behalf of the American people that we believe that the leadership of this House of Representatives should bring forth a budget, a budget that would give the…
Free speech is under assault from Islamic terrorists worldwide. They use threats and political correctness to silence anybody who speaks out about their violent beliefs. Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders made a movie about these Islamic clerics…