The Senator has pointed out very accurately the analysis of this most recent proposal by the chairman in the House of Representatives. If I recall, did we not address cutting some $400 billion out of Medicare over the next decade in the…

Would the Senator believe the experience of the State of Florida: When they tried to put all Medicaid into insurance companies--otherwise known as HMOs, health maintenance organizations--those organizations pulled out of serving the poor…

the technology does not do a very good job and the personnel failure performance rate is just off the charts.

I am absolutely distraught that your Subcommittee would be denied by TSA the opportunity for them to be here

that failure rate is totally unacceptable.

Mr. Speaker, I am honored to welcome Rabbi Efrem Goldberg to our Nation's Capitol and thank him for delivering such an insightful opening invocation. Rabbi Goldberg's presence here today is especially significant to me, for I regularly…

Mr. Speaker, in my home State of Florida, seven people die a day, each day, of prescription drug abuse. We had three teenagers a couple of weeks ago die in 1 week. A gentleman, a friend of mine, buried his daughter on a Saturday. I talked…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my concern over my Republican colleagues' cheering the impending prospect of a government shutdown, as was reported in the press. Then, this morning, we wake up to find out that the Republican proposal to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize the success of a local group of ninth grade students from my congressional district in south Florida, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. Guided by their teacher, Susan Fleming, these four young ladies…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York. I have been listening to this debate about the Constitution. I am proud to serve in a body that has such respect for the Constitution. Yet I couldn't find this provision that was applicable today…

Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1255. And I say to my friend from Georgia that no matter how he slices it, if you are saying in this bill that if the Senate fails to act, then H.R. 1 becomes law, check Webster's. That's…

Madam Speaker, I would like to inquire as to how much time remains on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Emerson). The gentleman from Florida has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 11 minutes remaining.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell). (Mr. BOSWELL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, as you heard me say earlier, my Republican colleagues and I are committed to providing a more accountable, transparent, and open process than the minority allowed during previous…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. First of all, I want to go back again to where we were. We are talking about a rule. We are talking about a process, a good process, that allows for amendments. I know that the other side is…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I just want to remind the House again we're talking about this rule. And there was an opportunity to file amendments on all the issues that are being brought up. There was an…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I still want to bring it back to the issue at hand. We're talking about a rule here, and I have found that no matter what you're making--you could be making widgets or you could be…