I thank the Senator from Illinois for allowing me to ask those questions. I think the Senator from Kentucky is speaking on behalf of the conscience of a lot of Americans, a majority of Americans, if they heard this debate. He is doing it…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we're talking about something that is real important today. We've been talking about something that is real important, and I think the point that's made today is that the…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado for yielding me the time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the bill that is with us today. The safety of this Nation, protecting…

We are well aware that the Democrats have a sizable majority in this body, and if the Democratic leadership, including yourself, is committed to not paying for this and taking care of this appropriation by borrowing additional money from…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren), a senior member of both the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi, an active member of the Judiciary Committee and a former city prosecutor, Mr. Harper.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, extending the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act will give our law enforcement officials and intelligence agents the authority they need to meet terrorists' threats. It…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the war on terror is real, and it's all around us. Despite multiple attempted terror attacks and a warning of an imminent attack from our national security experts…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to my colleague from Texas, a senior member of the Intelligence Committee, Mr. Thornberry.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the chairman emeritus of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner).

Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield 4 minutes to an esteemed senior member of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble).

I appreciate my friend from Iowa, and I appreciate the points that he's been making. You heard so much information today. It was a bit mind-boggling when you think about the number of people that were in the so-called summit today, and not…

Mr. Chairman, sometimes we come to the floor, Mr. Speaker, but we don't understand, really, the impetus and the importance of the work that is being done here. To my colleagues, what we are doing is securing the American people. We know…

It just shows you the type of tension that we are going to set up between the State and Federal Governments if we were to pick up and pass either the House or the Senate bill and send it down to the President for his signature.

It's interesting, perhaps the one thing that would provide the right impetus in the competition to hold down those costs we are not going to do, and that's the ability to buy across State lines. In the individual market, buying a policy…

I was criticized on a news show earlier today referring to this exercise as a 6-hour photo op. Probably I would fall into the category as a ``plummet.'' Isn't it interesting that, yes, premiums for the average family may increase for 10 to…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. This is a very unfortunate bill, and I think this side of the aisle has sufficiently laid out abundant reasons why it should be sent to the committee and fixed. The intelligence community is too…

After months, I was denied my request, no reason given for the denial. I can hardly believe that on an issue as critical and crucial as this I would not be allowed access. I believe strongly that for me to vote on something as important as…