First of all, I just want to say that I appreciated what the chairman of the Judiciary Committee just said a minute ago to Mr. Lungren. I understood him to make very positive comments about the so-called Brooks-Lungren amendment. And I…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?

The administration's health care bill fails to include a Republican solution that could actually achieve savings for patients--lawsuit abuse reform. Forty percent of medical malpractice suits against doctors and hospitals are without…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of H.R…

I support this motion to recommit on H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. As I stated in my earlier comments, this legislation does little, if anything. However, if you are going to do nothing, you might as well…

I have no further requests for time on this side, and I am prepared to close at the appropriate time. I reserve the balance of my time.

May I ask how much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 27 minutes, and the gentleman from Michigan has 33\1/2\ minutes.

Network news coverage of the administration's so-called stimulus package has been overwhelmingly one-sided, according to a recent analysis by the Business and Media Institute. Since the President signed it into law a year ago, ABC, CBS…

I went online and got the President's proposal here, and it is 11 pages, and it is a summary. And then I got the summary of the summary, and it looks like it is about 19 pages summarizing the 11 pages. So I guess we are creating jobs by…

We have no other speakers. I strongly support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

Where, oh where, have the jobs gone? Where, oh where, can they be? With the people so mad and the economy so bad Where, oh where, can the jobs be? Well, the administration is planning on killing the Constellation space program at NASA…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank the chairman, Chairman Scott, for bringing this legislation to the House floor as quickly as he has done, and, of course, Mr. Murphy from Connecticut, the excellent job he has done…

This past week was the 1-year anniversary of the so-called ``stimulus bill''--$862 billion--every dime of it borrowed from the future and from our grandchildren. When that bill was rushed through the House with almost no time to study it…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am proud to join my colleague, Mr. Towns, in supporting House Concurrent Resolution 227. More than 6 million people were victims of crimes in 2008; and more than 1 million violent…

I stand before you today in support of H. Res. 274 ``Expressing support for designation of March as National Nutrition Month.'' I would like to begin by thanking my colleague Representative Kathy Castor for introducing this resolution in…

When we were fighting in the civil rights movement, you could always count on the naysayers to stand aside and say America could not tolerate the equality of so many new people. Here we are today with the same crowd complaining about the…

I stand before you today in support of H. Res. 1074 ``Honoring the life of Miep Gies, who aided Anne Frank's family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations.'' I would like to begin by thanking my colleague…

I would like to thank my dear friend, Mr. Kanjorski, for offering a privileged resolution. My simple words are that this House was privileged to have a man like John Murtha walk these halls and this floor. I know that as he is honored on…