Mr. President, I want to report on the activities of a bicameral, bipartisan congressional delegation I had the privilege to lead last week as chairman of the Helsinki Commission. The purpose of the trip was to represent the United States…

Mr. President, today I am proud to introduce legislation that will help prevent millions of gallons of pollution from entering our Nation's precious water resources. The season we are in makes my legislation particularly timely. Spring is…

Madam President, I take this time to urge my colleagues to vote for cloture on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and to vote for final passage. First, I congratulate Senator Dodd for the leadership he has shown…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday next for morning-hour debate, and further, when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on…

I thank you for that effort. We will look forward to working with you to make sure that our troops are fully funded.

I thank the gentleman for his question and for his observation and for his assurances as well in terms of the number of votes we may have available for that alternative. I say to the gentleman that it is my intention that certainly by the…

Those bills, as you know, have not been reported out of committee yet and I've not discussed with the chairman his plans on how he would hope to bring those to the floor. I will be discussing it with him probably the latter part of next…

In addition to the bills that we've already mentioned for next week, including the unemployment extension, the supplemental coming from the Senate, and the Science and Technology bills addressing the oil spill, we'll also likely consider a…

I say to the gentleman that will, again, depend on what our colleagues in the Senate send over to us and whether or not we can complete the business that we have before us that I've announced by Thursday. In the event that we don't have…

I thank the Republican whip for yielding. Madam Speaker, on Monday, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6 p.m. On Tuesday, Madam Speaker, the House will…

We have a very strict leave policy in my office, but we were convinced that getting off for his wedding was an appropriate use of that leave. Austin is a wonderful member of the staff. I am very pleased that you mentioned it. He has a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank Mr. Lynch and certainly my colleague from Maryland, Congressman Sarbanes, for his leadership and for his efforts on this bill. I also want to thank those members of the subcommittee and…

I appreciate that clarification.

Well, yes, and to go to our friends--where we should have learned--lessons learned from the Valdez, which was a horrific experience for our neighbors in Alaska; they used 250,000 gallons for the whole spill.

I'd like to know. I mean, that's the NOAA job.

It's unfortunately a great scientific experiment, but we're part of it.

I need a sense of urgency here. We're going to fund the research. We have a sense of urgency.

I want that seafood to be safe, but I want those workers to be as safe as the shrimp.