Mr. Latta, thank you very much for your leadership and for your compassion for the weakest and most vulnerable. I now yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Dan Lipinski, the cochair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.

Thank you, Dr. Roe, for your very kind remarks, but more importantly, for your witness for life, particularly as an OB/GYN and for delivering those 5,000 babies. I would like to now yield to another doctor, Dr. Andy Harris, the gentleman…

I thank my friend for his very, very eloquent remarks. I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Michele Bachmann.

Thank you very much, Michele, for those very sensitive remarks. I really appreciate your leadership. I now yield to my friend and colleague from Minnesota (Mr. Huizenga).

I want to thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for her very eloquent remarks and for her leadership on behalf of the unborn and their mothers. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby).

Thank you, Mr. Walberg. I would now like to yield to Randy Hultgren, the gentleman from Illinois.

Thank you very much. That story about Sloan was great. I would like to yield to the distinguished gentlelady from Missouri, a former U.S. Ambassador, Ann Wagner.

Thank you very much, I say to my friend from Illinois. I would like to now yield to Mr. Huelskamp.

Thank you very much, Mr. Lamborn. I'd like to now yield to my friend from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer).

Madam President, I join my colleague from Hawaii in her remarks and her opposition to the Ayotte amendment. I wish to start off by simply saying that when we are talking about extending unemployment insurance benefits to Americans who have…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 291, nays 122, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No. 11] YEAS--291 Aderholt Amash Amodei Bachmann Bachus…

I just want to say, again, I am not saying that I am opposed to some kind of security notification. In fact, it already exists and there is a protocol in place with the Department of Health and Human Services. The point is that this…

First of all, Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that Republicans are using out-of-context quotes from an administration, or from administration officials, to mislead the public about the security of healthcare.gov, the Web site. The same…

I want to thank my colleague from New York, the ranking member of the subcommittee. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 2279. This is an unnecessary and ill-advised piece of legislation that would…

Mr. President, I thank the ranking member for his comments and work on this legislation. The reforms being made by the Global Fund are important and we both share the view that the reporting requirements for the Global Fund on import…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to call attention to a critical provision in the Tax Extenders Act, which I wish had received consent because it is important for creating prosperity and economic opportunity in our country and giving…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Krishna Patel, a detailee on Senator Johnson's banking committee staff, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Senator from Washington for her response, and I appreciate the tremendous work she has done to arrive at a budget agreement. Due to the importance of this issue, I want to seek additional confirmation of this point. The…