Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this bipartisan amendment. I want to thank Mr. Rohrabacher and all of the cosponsors of this amendment for their leadership and for bringing this amendment forward. This amendment would prohibit…

Yes. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no objection.

Madam Chair, I intend to withdraw this amendment at the end of my presentation and the discussion. I want to first thank Ranking Member Fattah for his tremendous leadership on the subcommittee and talk about what this amendment would have…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. The amount made available by…

Mr. Chairman, day after day, or at least week after week, my colleagues and I are here on the floor talking about jobs. It is about jobs and jobs and jobs again. Our agenda, which we call ``Make It in America,'' is an agenda that would…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. ___. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act…

For more than 20 years, there's the question of what to do with the San Joaquin River, a river that was essentially dried out and a river in which the indigenous species--salmon and other fish--were simply nonexistent. That fight went on…

Madam Chair, I'm not sure that I understand the basis of the amendment that we should defund the Justice Department from any effort to defend a law if the polling indicates that it is unpopular at the moment. The polling on the health care…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I'll be very brief. I just want to say that I concur with my colleague's points, to a point. As my colleague acknowledges, we take an oath to defend the Constitution. The administration, the…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment, which provides that none of the funds in the SCAAP program can be used in contravention of existing law. This amendment is like several others we've considered today that simply say…

Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to the amendment and urge my colleague to withdraw the amendment and work with us on this issue. As a former U.S. attorney, I have the greatest respect and support for loan-forgiveness programs of…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment, and I want to share a slightly different perspective on it. I served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for 6 years. In 1987, when I started in the office, the office had a…

I appreciate that. And that's absolutely correct. If the Justice Department determines in its view, just as you and I must, that something is constitutional and must be defended or something is unconstitutional and cannot be defended, then…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the gentleman's amendment. Turtle-excluder devices are already required in other shrimp trawl fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic to reduce sea turtle bycatch. In many cases, fishermen have…

I rise today to highlight a subject that is personal in Arkansas's First Congressional District: the proposed closure of thousands of rural post offices across the country. This week I sent a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe…

Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Expanding Refinancing Opportunities Act of 2012. This bill will allow homeowners who are struggling to stay in their homes to refinance their loans at today's historically low mortgage rates…

Madam Speaker, I was present during rollcall vote 225 on May 9, 2012, but my vote was not recorded. I would have voted ``yea'' on passage of H.R. 4133, the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012.

Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment and move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.