Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California, the former Attorney General of that State, Mr. Lungren.

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time on this side, and I am prepared to close at the appropriate time. I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel E. Lungren). Parliamentary Inquiry

Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?

I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Smith of Texas moves to recommit the bill (H.R. 4626) to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instructions to…

Mr. Speaker, I support this motion to recommit on H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. As I stated in my earlier comments, this legislation does little, if anything. However, if you are going to do nothing, you…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 406, nays 19, not voting 8, as follows…

Mr. Speaker, in the Netherlands, it's against the law now to hurt somebody's feelings. Don't dare offend anyone or the speech police will cart you off to the courthouse and try you for the violation of the insensitivity laws. Dutch…

We keep hearing about how great the trillion-dollar stimulus bill was and how well it has worked. It has been 1 year or so, so lest we forget, let's see where some of that stimulus money got spent. In Buffalo, New York, the State…

I thank the distinguished chairman. Madam Speaker, I rise to announce to the American public and to this body that, as we stand here today, over a year's time, 45,000 Americans die because they don't have health insurance. They don't have…

Mr. Speaker, let me tell you, here are the jobs. I believe if you polled across America you would understand that the investment that this Democratic Congress made, along with its President, created or saved 3.5 million jobs, gave 95…

Madam Speaker, I stand before you today in support of H. Res. 1074 ``Honoring the life of Miep Gies, who aided Anne Frank's family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations.'' I would like to begin by…

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1059--Honoring the heroism of the seven United States Agency for International Development and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance supported urban search and rescue teams deployed to Haiti…

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1066--to honor the extreme bravery, responsiveness and effectiveness demonstrated by our United States Armed Services, local first responders and other members in support of Operation Unified…

When we were fighting in the civil rights movement, you could always count on the naysayers to stand aside and say America could not tolerate the equality of so many new people. Here we are today with the same crowd complaining about the…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H. Con. Res. 227, brought forth by my esteemed colleague, Representative Edolphus Towns, New York, which articulates support for the ultimate goal that the National Urban Crimes Awareness…

Madam Speaker, I stand before you today in support of H. Res. 274 ``Expressing support for designation of March as National Nutrition Month.'' I would like to begin by thanking my colleague Representative Kathy Castor for introducing this…