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We need to ensure that our farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to succeed.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 39, line 10, insert after…

The gentleman has accused our side of the aisle of lying. Is that a cause for having his words taken down? The Acting CHAIR. The Chair construes that as a demand that words be taken down. All Members will suspend. The gentleman will take…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, let me add as well it's a little difficult for me to sit here quietly and listen to the pontificating about Wall Street bailouts. I didn't support the Wall Street bailout either. There are now five banks…

It is our responsibility to ensure that the process by which we allocate the lifeblood of wireless information delivery, spectrum, promotes the needs of broadband carriers while simultaneously recognizing the value of this spectrum to the…

This is an extremely important issue, and as the ranking member and the chairman both said, we need to get this to the point where the Senate can pass it and we get it to the President's desk.

The oil sands are an important product for our independence from OPEC oil, it is a major source of fuel for us.

It will create jobs in every State it goes through, including Nebraska, good, high paying union jobs.

While numerous signs of democratic progress have been seen in recent years, civil strife has reached an unfathomable high in some areas.

The intense human tragedy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to weigh heavily upon all of us.

That perhaps is certainly an appropriate response for those areas that are under our direct influence, such as military assistance, direct military assistance and training. But in terms of a robust diplomatic push at the highest levels…

It is against the law in the United States to provide military assistance to countries who use child soldiers.

The United States is constantly called upon to clean up messes throughout the world.

Thank you, Chairman Smith, for convening this very important hearing, and I think it is important to note that it is especially poignant that today is International Women's Day.

I think it's important for the United States to belong to multi-lateral institutions.

100 percent of the revenues that this Nation produces today are being consumed by our mandatory spending and the interest on the debt.

The point here is there's an appropriate vehicle and this isn't it. We already have taxpayers paying into legal services. Perhaps there should have been more money in there, but we didn't go through an appropriations process for this area…

We were referring to the gentlelady from Ohio's statement on the floor that she has a letter saying that they support this. We have not seen a letter that says that.