I was on the floor last week as we talked about the continuing resolution. I said that the most frustrating thing to me coming to this body--I have been here now 4 years--is we never know where we are going. It is an amazing thing to have…

I do rise in support of H.R. 1217. I think this is an important bill for us to bring forward. And I want to thank the chairman for bringing it forward and for helping to lead this Congress in the repeal of ObamaCare. It is a message that…

I think there is some confusion about House Joint Resolution 37 and what it does. My colleagues seem to think this would impact the FCC's statutory authority, and I want to call their attention to the actual wording of the resolution. It's…

That was great rhetoric but not reality. Thank God when the Architect built this Capitol, he put a top on it that attracts lightning rods; otherwise, who knows what would happen in front of us. The budget that was put up yesterday talked…

Mr. President, if the Chair will please let me know when there is a minute left, I would appreciate it. I rise to speak about the current issue. I am always glad to speak after my friend from Virginia, whom I have enjoyed working with on…

This House is at an historic moment because we look at a possible shutdown of government, a shutdown of government that you have to look and ask: Why may it occur? It's going to occur because we don't have a budget. And why don't we have a…

Mr. President, I could not agree more that we should not have a government shutdown. I could not agree more that we need to take steps to protect and improve our economy. I could not agree more that we need to take steps to make sure our…

Mr. President, what we have with the situation with Libya presents us with a fundamental question, one we have wrestled with for a couple centuries as a nation. The founding era was a time that was fraught with wars. It was a time when we…

What we are talking about is that the application of this is the Fairness Doctrine of the Internet. {time} 1250

If my colleague across the aisle is having a tough time figuring this out, I think we can probably help with that explanation. First of all, if you like the Internet that you have, we are saying we want you to keep it. Mr. Speaker, there…

The gentleman knows that that is not relevant to the discussion that we are having here.

Also, in their net neutrality order, if you read paragraph 84, what it does is to bring an incredible amount of uncertainty to the innovative community and to the creative economy that our jobs growth is going to be based on, because what…

We all know that anytime you give the government the ability to assign priority and value to content, you have inserted them into the decision-making process. They would precede the responsibility of the Internet service providers. And the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Any time you allow the Federal Government to step in to a process where they have not been involved in a process--and we did this not once but twice. We did it not once but twice.

Today I rise to honor two members of the Chattanooga Police Department who were shot over the weekend, one of them fatally, while responding to a robbery in progress. Sergeant Tim Chapin was a 26-year veteran of the Department. He lost his…

Today is many things in different people's lives. To many, it's the NCAA final tournament game. To many in my city of Memphis, Tennessee, it is a day that 43 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. It's a holiday in my city…

It is on days like this in the House when you lose a colleague, John Adler, who passed, served in the previous Congress, that you realize how many good men and women come and serve in this House of Representatives, and what an honor it is…

I'm just totally confused. I was in New York a couple of weeks ago and I saw a play called ``The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.'' Robin Williams was the star. I wrote him a letter and said, ``Reality, what a concept. It even exists in…