Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on February 29, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 1837, the so-called San Joaquin River Reliability Act. This bill should be called the San Joaquin River Runs Dry Act. It will literally divert water from fishing and farming…

Mr. Speaker, I represent San Diego, California, which has the dishonor of being home to the highest gas prices in the Nation. The most expensive gas in San Diego was going for $4.75 a gallon, and that hurts my constituents. My friends on…

IPAB is a useful backstop to impose some discipline on Congress to stop out-of-control Medicare health spending.

you are one of the finest Secretaries we have had for Health and Human Services

I think this political approach would jeopardize all the progress we made.

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 84, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. McNerney The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman…

I rise in opposition to this amendment. Long ago my parents told me a truism that has been reconfirmed over and over again in my life. My parents both were raised on dirt-poor farms in North Dakota in abject poverty. And my father, who…

We are not going to help manufacturing in these States if all the consumer money is being drained away.

We need to have an honest discussion of what our priorities really are.

The President was taking both sides of every issue.

Our strategy all along in Afghanistan has been to turn more and more responsibility over to the Afghan Army as they become capable.

I am a strong proponent for Monterey because you have got the language component there.

I am very concerned that we are not having an honest discussion on energy with this Administration.

I hope it is not--that this is not what it appears to be from the rest of the Administration.

Mr. Chairman, it is amazing the inconsistencies in the amendment itself. Here the gentlelady is talking about San Jose, yet San Jose is south of the area we're talking about, and yet Silicon Valley receives water exports from the delta…

Mr. Chairman, you know, the last couple of amendments we've talked about the inconsistencies on how they affect other counties in the community. Certainly my county and Stanislaus County has been excluded, even though it certainly has…

Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk on this not only in support of the rule, but in support of the bill. This is something we went through in committee with very great debate, but it goes well beyond the debate of committee…