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Following up with what the Senator from New Hampshire is saying by ``being sold a bill of goods,'' is he suggesting the leadership in the House and Speaker Pelosi are guaranteeing to House Members that the bill they pass--the…
That is particularly true of the promise the President has apparently made to union leadership to defer the application of a Cadillac tax--the excise tax on Cadillac health insurance plans. That promise, as the promise to televise the…
If the Senator will yield for a question, I have heard this process whereby the House is going to deem the Senate bill passed and then pass a reconciliation bill which will then be sent over to the Senate as Speaker Pelosi is asking…
If the Senator will allow me another question to clarify a point he made, and then certainly turn to the Senator from South Dakota, the point of order we are talking about, is it true that under section 313(B)(1)(F), that provision, that…
I received a letter yesterday from a State senator in my State, Tommy Williams, who's from the Beaumont area, not my immediate area but he serves on their Senate finance committee in the State. He worked on the State budget last year and…
Madam Speaker, I do appreciate my friend across the aisle earlier saying that all lies and distortion must stop, and I am glad that he has finally agreed with us on that proposition. It is important, because, for one thing, people have…
Mr. Speaker, I want to address some of the misstatements that have been made. I am also tired of the partisan bickering. I came in thinking that the Democrats who said, We want to work together, were serious. We have been locked out of…
Mr. President, I appreciate what the Senator from North Dakota has stated. I am also working in this group to try to finish this FAA reauthorization bill. There is so much in this bill that will let airports throughout our country have the…
I appreciate my colleague saying there is no money in here for abortion because the Henry Hyde amendment doesn't allow it. He is correct with regard to the appropriations through Labor and HHS. That's all the Hyde amendment applies to. It…
Mr. Speaker, America is the most generous country on the face of the earth. Americans have given more in blood and treasure worldwide to help others than any nation in the history of the world. But the Navy Times is reporting that the…
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow night starts what we call March Madness, college basketball playoffs for the national championship, and 65 college teams throughout the country will start competing tomorrow night. But there is one team that won't be…
Mr. Speaker, the God-given right of free speech to all people in all nations is no longer recognized in the Netherlands. The Dutch Government is intolerant of intolerance for terrorists. Thou shalt not criticize, says their commandment…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H. Res. 1141 honors the accomplishments of the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, the first women to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Justice O'Connor was born in El Paso, Texas…
Mr. Speaker, when I traveled to the old Soviet Union in the 1980s, nobody walked around smiling or joking or laughing. It was all gloom, doom, and despair. Living under government tyranny destroys the human spirit, the mind, the soul, and…
Mr. Speaker, there are many, many important issues that we will be debating over the next couple of days. I look forward to being engaged in helping America. But all of us believe in saluting our youth, and so I rise today to salute Jack…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1141 honors the accomplishments of the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Justice O'Connor was born in El…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking, or PACT, Act of 2009, is bipartisan legislation that will help Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials combat…
Mr. President, I offered, along with Senator Clair McCaskill, my Democratic colleague, an amendment that will help contain our tendency in this body--a bipartisan tendency, unfortunately--to bust the budget, to spend more than we state we…