Thank you, Chairman Mica. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Joe Pitts, and just before I do, I note that Mr. Pitts not only chairs the Subcommittee on Health for the Energy and Commerce Committee, but prior to coming to…

Thank you very much, Mr. Huizenga. I want to thank you, Bill, for your leadership on pro-life issues in general, but especially for your legislation that deals with the detainees issue because that could quickly emerge as a trouble spot if…

Thank you very much for your kind statement, and also for your leadership both as a physician, a obstetrician, and also as a lawmaker. It has made a huge difference. I want to say that publicly. You provide insight and guidance that all of…

I thank Mr. Rothfus for his statement today. He has been a true rising star and a leader in defending the sanctity of life. I now yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), a physician who has delivered over 5,000 babies.

I thank the gentleman for his incisive comments and for welcoming the marchers tomorrow, which will be a great celebration of life but also a restatement of the determination we have in defending life. I now yield to the gentleman from…

I now yield to Doug LaMalfa from California. {time} 1615 Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) for leading this Special Order today, and also for the comments started out by the…

Mr. Stewart, thank you very much for your statement and your leadership as well. I now yield to Mr. Yoho, the gentleman from Florida.

I want to thank my friend for his, again, very fine statement and for his leadership as well. I yield to Chris Stewart from Utah.

I want to thank Ms. Wagner for her very eloquent statement and for her long service on behalf of the unborn and equally for their mothers as well. I yield to Tim Walberg.

Thank you very much, Mr. Pitts. Again, I want to thank you for your leadership both at the State and, now, Federal level, especially as chairman of the committee that deals with health. Thank you so much. I yield to the gentleman from…

Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: I understand we are on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are on the bill.

I thank the Presiding Officer. Mr. President, let me say that I rise in general opposition to the Keystone Pipeline, and I rise in favor of Senator Markey's amendment. After long and careful deliberation--and after having had the benefit…

I just want to report to the other side that you are already on retreat. As a party, you have retreated from our solemn oaths, camouflaged by pious, empty, pyrrhic acclamations of patriotism and liberty. These are not stick people you are…

Republicans have no solutions for these families--and they are out there. They are all over. It is quite simply unbelievable that they are willing to put politics before national security and shut down the Department of Homeland Security…

I ask unanimous consent to be able to continue for about 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, the fact is that as someone who has spoken out time and again on the brutal repression of the Cuban people under the Castro regime, someone whose family has suffered the consequences, I believe the agreement this…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cuba Policy

Mr. President, I rise to say that nothing has changed in Cuba since Cuban arms were captured on this North Korean ship going through the Panama Canal a year and a half ago, just after the Obama administration started its secret…