We heard the President--now the President--say back in a debate with Hillary Clinton in 2008, ``That's what I will do in bringing all the parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and…

I would like to continue much as we have done over this past hour, talking about this same issue, the health care bill that is now before the House and Senate, even though none of us have seen the finished product, and what has happened on…

CBS' ``60 Minutes'' is the winner of the Media Fairness Caucus' highly un-coveted ``Lap Dog Award'' for this week's most glaring example of media bias. A new book called ``Game Change'' has brought to light comments made by the Senate…

Well, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for bringing this hour to the floor of the House tonight. I think it is important to talk about this issue. It is important to talk about opening the doors, opening the windows on…

Well, and the good news is that this is information that we need as legislators, the American people need to see to make up their minds as to whether or not this is good legislation or not. We have a tool at our disposal. The tool is…

Next, there is the matter of earmarks. These special-interest items are often slipped into bills at the last hour, when not even C-SPAN is watching. The time has come to end the practice.

This budget request, in the context of the FY 2007 Continuing Resolution, is not an adequate budget.

I can't see that there is one iota of difference in our goals for NASA.

I say this is unacceptable--especially at a time when other nations are aggressively developing space technology.

That language was changed, in the continuing resolution, from the Senate-passed bill.

I wanted to ask you if you are seeing that in actuality?

But you do have the offset of what is being done within aeronautics.

Well, that's why I would like to have the accurate----

I'm not worried about the Moon right now, either. I'm worried about replacing the Shuttle.

I want to have the designation of the Space Station as the National Lab mean something.

Thank you for tackling tough issues, like Hubble, and how you put 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5-pound sack.

I was alarmed at what the Appropriations Committee did, without our acquiescence, in cutting back on certain programs.

If we continue on the President's path, we face an extended period when the United States will have no human access to space.