Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2476, the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act. This bipartisan bill provides the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to allow…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a very important provision in the new Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act just introduced by the majority leader which would require public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing…

Mr. President, first of all, just in case our chair of the Small Business Committee, Senator Landrieu has to leave, I wish to reiterate what a number of us have not only felt but have even spoken about over the last couple days, in light…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Afghanistan

Mr. President, I rise this morning to talk about the United States strategy in Afghanistan. However troubling the recent leak of classified documents, the topics discussed in those documents confirm some of the difficulty we face as a…

It has been my custom to make a report to the Congress and my constituents and the general public when I return from a trip, which I did on July 11, having started on July 3, and having visited the Czech Republic, Israel, Syria, and…

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to address the subject of televising the Supreme Court of the United States. Legislation is pending on the Senate docket which was voted out of the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13 to 6, and it…

In the absence of any other Senator on the floor seeking recognition, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

If the gentleman will yield, I just want the record to show that Mr. Mollohan and his staff have been very fair. And I would not want to have the connection of what I said earlier with regard to that. Mr. Mollohan and his entire staff have…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Yesterday the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill under suspension of the rules. I think--and I would ask somebody to look--I think this Congress, and every Congress has a…

I thank my good friend for coordinating this hour tonight, very important hour. This is about real solutions, not the types of policies we've seen over these past 19 months which has grown the size of government--bloated the size of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to mark a number of very important anniversaries and celebrations within my congressional district. First, today I rise to honor the compassionate work that goes on in the nearly 100-year-old Children's Aid…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. John Coleman from Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, on his Pennsylvania State Senate confirmation as Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Coleman recently resigned as the…

Well, I thank my good friend. You know, I think the statistic is one out of every three persons has had some experience with Scouting, with Boy Scouting. They've been Boy Scouts or they've been parents of a Scout or they've had a sibling…

I thank you for yielding. I want to take a moment to talk about an important key member of the Scouting team, and that is sponsoring organizations, from all over. Every Scouting unit has a community partner called a sponsoring…

Thank you. Duty to country. The decision I'm going to make, is it according to the Constitution? Duty to others. Is the decision I'm going to make as a Member of Congress today in this job, you know, how does is it impact the people that I…

Oh, there are a couple that come to mind. I'd probably start with a bowline, though.

Well, I appreciate being yielded to by a fellow Eagle Scout. It truly is an honor and a privilege to be here this evening to recognize an organization that has for 100 years, for an entire century, served this Nation through serving the…