Madam Chair and my colleagues, I rise in strong support of the proposal by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry). We should all be thanking Mr. Terry for this initiative. Not only are people in this country hit by incredible unemployment…

Mr. Speaker, America earned the name the Land of Opportunity because anyone willing to work hard and play by the rules can make it here. Well, our families still work hard, they still play by the rules, and yet so many are barely scraping…

Obama, sadly, has no business or private sector background---and it shows.

Mr. President, yesterday the space shuttle Atlantis came back in the early morning darkness with those xenon lights illuminating that 3-mile-long runway at the Kennedy Space Center. That is a location that a century ago a set of…

Madam President, I know that the Senator from Massachusetts has time. I just want to take this time while he is coming into the Chamber to say that you can almost hear in the background very foreboding music as we are counting down the…

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 615, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:

I was witness a few minutes ago to an interesting and informative exchange and wanted to comment on that briefly. Both the leader and the senior Senator from New York had some comments that I think are important in the context of what is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 357 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 357 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it…

Mr. Speaker, I want to remind the people who might be watching this that we're talking about House Resolution 357, which is a rule that would allow us to reauthorize an extension of the Airport and Airway Extension Act, which is called…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…

In closing, I would like to address one thing about the change that's in this particular reauthorization, that of essential air service, which has basically become the government-funded corporate jet program. We've tried to reduce that. If…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this rule and the underlying bill. House Resolution 357 provides for a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 2553, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part IV. So far in the 112th Congress…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Florida? There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings) pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded…

Mr. Speaker, I thank our chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, Mr. Petri, for his leadership. Also Mr. Costello, who formerly chaired the committee and now is the ranking member. I want to thank him for his dedication to our Nation's…

Madam Speaker, the chair of the Aviation Subcommittee went through the list of the airports that are within 90 miles that would be affected by the provisions of this extension. Now, all of those 10 airports were included in an amendment…

Thank you so much for yielding again. The question has been brought up to try to shift the responsibility for, again, the possibility of the other body's not acting here to the question of the Republicans not appointing conferees. I might…