Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I support House Resolution 1010. This resolution celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It also celebrates the 30th anniversary of the release of Stevie…

Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp).

Mr. Speaker, on April 19, 1775, 235 years ago, shots rang out in Massachusetts that forever changed the history of the world. British redcoats were ordered to seize the weapons of the American militia, even though it's never a good idea to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, I want to thank the ranking member, the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) for introducing this resolution, and I rise in strong support of H. Res. 1013, which condemns…

Mr. Speaker, in the deep, dark dungeons of this Capitol, the government trolls are writing bills behind closed doors. Their aim has always been to take away our liberty one step at a time. It's what bureaucrats do. They look for ways to…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. When this situation occurred in Haiti, when the earthquake came through and devastated the land, the buildings, and the lives of the people, there were over 30,000 Americans…

Mr. President, I wish to speak on the nomination of Judge Beverly Baldwin Martin who President Obama nominated to the Eleventh Circuit on June 19. I remain at a loss as to why it has taken this long for her nomination to come before the…

Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today in support of H. Res. 1008, ``Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.'' I would like to begin by thanking my colleague Representative Lipinski for introducing this resolution in the House, as…

Madam Speaker, I am overwhelmed as I have seen the outpouring of support for the Haitian people and also the concern of this Congress. I would ask that we move forward on one particular interest and concern, and that is the orphans of…

Well, in hearing the discussion about what is constitutional and what isn't, the American people are not stupid. In Massachusetts, with over 68 percent of the precincts reporting, the Republican, Brown, has about a hundred thousand votes…

Mr. Speaker, according to the 10th Amendment, any power not specifically granted to the Federal Government is reserved to the people and to the States. Those that demand government take over health care have yet to provide a constitutional…

Madam Speaker, an al Qaeda jihadist committed an act of war over the skies of Detroit on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, working with al Qaeda in Yemen, sewed explosives into his underwear. He tried to blow up the plane over…

Mr. Speaker, Americans see the media as biased, liberal, and too powerful, according to a new Rasmussen survey. Just two in ten Americans say reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of political campaigns. More than seven in ten say…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I support H.R. 3237, a bill proposed by the Office of Law Revision Counsel to enact title 51 of the U.S. Code, as positive law. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over law…

Mr. Speaker, I want to join my colleagues, so many of whom I have heard discussing on the floor of the House the overwhelming tragedy, the catastrophic incident that has occurred in our neighboring country of Haiti. But I particularly want…

Let me thank Congresswoman Barbara Lee, our chairperson, who raised the red flag and who let out the siren and gathered us together, and I want to respond to what she just said about the earthquake. It rocks you in your soul; 7.0 on the…

Yes, that's one of them. There was a WhiteHouse.gov, and that is an excellent one to use if I find it. Then of course I would like to state the number for American family members who are trying to find their family in Haiti, and that…

I would take you back to 1978 when a very nice man at that time was the President, named Jimmy Carter. I believe it was in 1978 that President Jimmy Carter hailed the Shah of Iran as leading a country that was the most stable entity in the…