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Mr. President, earlier today, I submitted a resolution with my colleagues from Ohio and Massachusetts, Senators Brown and Kerry, to recognize the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and to reaffirm our…
I thank the chairman for yielding. This is a great day for rural America. H.R. 1633 is going to do what we've been trying to do for a long time, during my entire 11 months in the United States Congress, which is to provide just a little…
I thank the very distinguished former chairman of the Judiciary Committee. This Republican bill is neither effective nor responsible. To paraphrase H.L. Mencken, eliminating Federal agency rulemaking as we know it is a solution that is…
Madam President, a few weeks ago, in November, in communities across our country, our Nation's men and women in uniform were honored on Veterans Day for their service to our Nation. I wish to share a story with my colleagues of one…
Mr. President, just a few moments ago we cast several votes in regard to the so-called payroll tax holiday. I opposed both the Republican amendment and the Democratic amendment. There were significant differences between these two versions…
Mr. President, I am here to speak on another topic, but it has been my privilege to hear the discussion between the Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Graham, and the Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Lieberman, about what I think is a very…
I will try to be judicious in using that time. I very much thank my good friend from Memphis for yielding me the time. This legislation is modest in scope, but it is very important because it puts this country in the right direction of…
I will try to take full advantage of those extra 56 seconds. Mr. Speaker, I'm a cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation, and I want to speak on its behalf. I heard about a conversation that Bill Clinton had with Steve Jobs. Apple Computer…
Mr. President, today I am proud to honor the 50th anniversary of the Center of Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas. The Center was founded in 1961 to equip KU students to face the political, economic, sociological and…
It's the wrong medicine for today's ailing economy. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members to heed the gavel.
I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have to rise in opposition to this balanced budget amendment. I did vote for a similar measure in 1995, but the events over the last 15 years have brought to mind the axiom ``fool me once…
I thank the gentleman. Furthermore, House Joint Resolution 2 would require a three-fifths majority to raise the debt ceiling. This would only increase the likelihood of a catastrophic debt default like the one we barely avoided this…
The first reason this bill should be defeated is that it usurps State authority and replaces it with a lowest-common-denominator Federal directive. This is a radical piece of legislation. In fact, today 43 States are not in compliance with…
Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I am a member of the Appropriations Committee, and a member--in fact, the ranking minority member--of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. The amendment the majority…
I applaud the House for taking up H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act. As a veteran and a strong defender of the Second Amendment, I encourage all of my colleagues to support me in this important piece of legislation. In…
Mr. President, for Edie and Larry, farming is more than just a way to make a living it is a way of life. Together they make a great team, and their commitment to the Farm Bureau and the values it represents is widely known. Edie and…
We can't cut our way to national prosperity. Since President Obama took office, private sector employment has steadily grown; but largely due to misguided priorities of many Republican officeholders, public sector cuts have offset that…
What is ironic about this forum is there is little science involved. It is little more, in my view, than the Department of Agriculture spending taxpayer dollars on a forum to provide the Humane Society of the United States a public forum…