Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to oppose the Republicans' latest cynical and callous attempts to derail health care reform, and I think it's quite interesting that the gentleman from Montana would be dismissive of the issue of…

I thank my friend across the aisle for the time. I thought the across-the-board cuts were not supposed to apply to national security. I thought we were going to make cuts like the folks back home make cuts. If a family back home gives an…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. For…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of Amendment 23 offered by Mr. Hastings, my good friend from Florida, which would help people living with HIV/AIDS afford treatment through the vital AIDS Drug Assistance Program…

Madam Chair, sadly, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no idea how to create jobs or turn the economy around, so their true colors have come to the surface. And Speaker Boehner made that clear when asked about the potential…

Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, I rise to ask for my colleagues' support of an amendment to protect our most vulnerable constituents, our children. This bipartisan amendment is a simple one. It says that child victims of sexual predators should not be…

Mr. President, for years, I have fought to keep oil rigs off the coast of Florida--both in federal waters and Cuban waters. As we've seen, an oil spill even hundreds of miles away from Florida can send the black stuff onto our beaches and…

Mr. President, on August 21, 1944, laden with precious cargo for the Pacific theatre, the USS Mount Hood, the lead ship of her class for the U.S. Navy, departed Norfolk on her first mission. On board were 296 sailors and 22 officers. The…

Madam Chair, I do not believe that the government should interfere with the reproductive rights of a woman, but that is not what is being debated here. No matter how many times our friends on the other side of the aisle say that this is an…

Mr. Chairman and Mr. Aderholt, first of all, I want to thank you for recognizing me and also giving me this opportunity to speak on my amendment which in consultation with you, Mr. Chairman, I will withdraw and not offer. That is…

The number is 62,000, of which we have 3,770 administrative personnel in Washington, DC, and another over 9,000 administrative personnel in non-screening positions across the country.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We were hired by our neighbors in our hometowns to come up to Washington and fight for jobs and help get the country back on the road to recovery. But instead, this Republican Congress is taking an extreme right turn…

Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Madam Chair, I am committed to cutting the deficit, and I sought a seat on the Budget Committee to do so. But I rise to express deep concerns over the congressional Republicans' irresponsible fiscal scheme that will harm communities and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of the amendment to add funding back to title X from my colleagues Congresswoman Lowey and Congresswoman DeLauro, who have always been fierce advocates for women's health, and I am thrilled…

Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes.

I have been a strong proponent of benchmarks with metric measurements for Afghanistan and Pakistan.