Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1048. This resolution commends the efforts and honors the work of the men and women of USNS Comfort and the United States Navy in the immediate response to those affected by the earthquake that…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 944--``Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on religious minorities in Iraq.'' As a cosponsor of this resolution, I join my colleagues in expressing my concern about the…

Mr. Speaker, network news coverage of the administration's so-called stimulus package has been overwhelmingly one-sided, according to a recent analysis by the Business and Media Institute. Since the President signed it into law a year ago…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I'm proud to join my colleague, Mr. Murphy, in supporting and sponsoring H.R. 3695, the ``Help Find the Missing Act'' or ``Billy's Law,'' as we call it. It's my…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am proud to join my colleague, Mr. Towns, in supporting House Concurrent Resolution 227. More than 6 million people were victims of crimes in 2008; and more than 1 million violent…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank the chairman, Chairman Scott, for bringing this legislation to the House floor as quickly as he has done, and, of course, Mr. Murphy from Connecticut, the excellent job he has done…

Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite) who is a cosponsor of this legislation and who has also worked in the past on similar legislation.

Mr. Speaker, where, oh where, have the jobs gone? Where, oh where, can they be? With the people so mad and the economy so bad Where, oh where, can the jobs be? Well, the administration is planning on killing the Constellation space program…

We have no other speakers. I strongly support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, this past week was the 1-year anniversary of the so-called ``stimulus bill''--$862 billion--every dime of it borrowed from the future and from our grandchildren. When that bill was rushed through the House with almost no time…

Mr. Speaker, I went online and got the President's proposal here, and it is 11 pages, and it is a summary. And then I got the summary of the summary, and it looks like it is about 19 pages summarizing the 11 pages. So I guess we are…

I appreciate my friend yielding. This is such a perplexing time. The American people, the vast majority, have made clear that they don't want what has come through the House and what has come through the Senate. And you know yes, I came…

Thank you. That is what concerned me back in September. The President repeatedly said, my bill will not do this, my plan does this, my bill does that, my plan does this. And he says, if you misrepresent my bill, I am going to call you out…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It's a pleasure to wait. It's not patiently. I'm just sitting and taking in everything that has been said and benefiting from that. My friends here, the gentlewoman from Minnesota, the gentleman from…

Let me thank the Congresswoman from Cleveland, Ohio, Congresswoman Fudge, for her leadership on providing for the Congressional Record a recounting of the history of African American people and for particularly highlighting the notables of…

I would like to thank my dear friend, Mr. Kanjorski, for offering a privileged resolution. My simple words are that this House was privileged to have a man like John Murtha walk these halls and this floor. I know that as he is honored on…

Madam Speaker, a New York Times columnist who is revered by liberal Democrats recently wrote, ``We've always known that America's reign as the world's greatest nation would eventually end.'' This may be the logical conclusion if we follow…

Madam President, I wish to share a few thoughts on a matter of concern; that is, our national security and the procedure by which we are handling people we arrest who are attacking this country. It will be a bit of a follow-on to what…