Tomorrow night starts what we call March Madness, college basketball playoffs for the national championship, and 65 college teams throughout the country will start competing tomorrow night. But there is one team that won't be there. And…

America is the most generous country on the face of the earth. Americans have given more in blood and treasure worldwide to help others than any nation in the history of the world. But the Navy Times is reporting that the United States…

When I traveled to the old Soviet Union in the 1980s, nobody walked around smiling or joking or laughing. It was all gloom, doom, and despair. Living under government tyranny destroys the human spirit, the mind, the soul, and the body. The…

I recognize myself for 1 minute, Madam Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has been yielded time, but he does not control that time.

The God-given right of free speech to all people in all nations is no longer recognized in the Netherlands. The Dutch Government is intolerant of intolerance for terrorists. Thou shalt not criticize, says their commandment. Dutch lawmaker…

H. Res. 1141 honors the accomplishments of the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, the first women to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Justice O'Connor was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1930 and grew up on a cattle ranch called the…

How much time do I still have? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute. The gentleman from Kentucky has 6 minutes.

I would yield 1 minute to a distinguished member of the Energy and Commerce Committee from Flower Mound and Denton, Texas, Dr. Michael Burgess.

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. And to be told at 10 o'clock this morning about this bill, which is a compilation of several bills, is just a disservice to the American people. With that, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the…

I appreciate the Chair insisting on regular order. It's nice that we have that. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. I am going to yield myself, Madam Speaker, 1 minute. We are here today because sometime this morning the majority…

I would yield myself 30 additional seconds. So I guess the other thing that I need to point out to Members of the body and to the American public is, because of the procedure, this is all deemed, apparently--and I hate to use that word…

I thank the gentleman for the recognition. One minute is not much time to deal with what is a very complicated process. It is unfortunate we didn't have more time to actually look at this bill before it came to the floor on the concept of…

The last hour just ended, and you heard the admonition at the end of the hour that it is extremely important for people to pay attention. And during this hour, I am going to echo that thought. It is important for people to pay attention…

There are many, many important issues that we will be debating over the next couple of days. I look forward to being engaged in helping America. But all of us believe in saluting our youth, and so I rise today to salute Jack Yates High…

The National Forest Service does a fantastic job of managing our Nation's natural resources. They manage them in Florida as well as all across the Nation, and they deserve to have the tools that they need to give them the flexibility to…

Mr. President, my distinguished colleague and chairman of the committee and I are working very hard to clear further amendments as well as get a vote on the Sessions amendment, with a Pryor amendment connected to that, and a McCain…

Mr. President, I offered, along with Senator Clair McCaskill, my Democratic colleague, an amendment that will help contain our tendency in this body--a bipartisan tendency, unfortunately--to bust the budget, to spend more than we state we…

Well, clearly the majority leadership thinks that the American people are so stupid that if you have a rule that says, you know what, if you vote for the rule, then the bill automatically is deemed passed. I just don't know anybody in the…