I really hope you focus on the issue of launch, because it bothers me when the United States is not number one in that arena.

I am worried we are going way too quick when you are dealing with the national security that is at stake.

I would like to re-echo Senator McCain's sense of urgency about another war that we're fighting south of our own border.

I strongly support his nomination to lead Cyber Command and I urge his quick confirmation.

This job, to head up CYBERCOM, is going to require expertise, leadership, and know-how.

I think it's often underestimated and it's undervalued because it does come in under everybody's radar.

My colleagues, we have come this far not to be thwarted by a procedural motion that will never have effect. They know that. We know that. Vote ``no.'' Vote ``yes'' for the health care of all America. I yield back the balance of my time…

I thank my friend for yielding. Today is March 21, 2010. On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a march across that bridge for the vote in this democracy. It was a march towards a…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1203, I call up the bill (H.R. 4872) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, and ask for its immediate consideration…

Mr. Speaker, is the motion going to be read? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rule dispenses with the reading. The motion is merely designated. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen, we have come a far pace. The majority of this House has just voted to do for Americans what a hundred years of Presidents have asked for. We are on the cusp of a great victory for America and for…

Mr. Speaker, they called it ``a dangerous device invented in Nazi Germany'' and a ``method of imposing Stalinism.'' Those were the statements made by the opponents of Medicare, Medicare that now provides health coverage to 45 million…

Mr. President, first, let me respond very briefly to the Republican leader and say that, looking at what the Congressional Budget Office has said, the objective scorekeeper, it says this bill will accomplish bringing down the growth rate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Republican leader is recognized. Health Care Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, well…

Mr. President, I understand the Republican leader will be coming to the floor and I will yield the floor as soon as the Republican leader is here and then, after that, I ask that I will have the opportunity to speak. But until the…

I want to thank my colleague for yielding and for introducing the Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act, H.R. 3644, and for working to maintain the Bay-Watershed Education and Training programs, watershed approach for environmental…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentlelady from California for yielding me the time and for the underlying bill. I come from the State of Maryland, and we have the largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, in and around the State of…