Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), who is the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a proud cosponsor of House Resolution 1350. And I want to thank my good friend and colleague from California, Ambassador Watson, for introducing this…

Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise in solidarity with a wonderful and determined South Florida woman, Millie Munoz. Millie has dystonia, a little-known movement disorder that causes a person's muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage participation in the National Marrow Donor Program. There are many terrible diseases, as we know, especially leukemia, where patients may very well require a bone marrow transplant, yet nearly 70…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dewayne Staats, the iconic voice of the Tampa Bay Rays. Broadcasting major league baseball for over 30 years and calling games for the Rays since their inception, Dewayne will call his 5,000th major…

Great job on the Larry King Live Gulf Telethon last night--$1.3 million was raised in 2 hours.

Tonight be sure to watch Melania and Ivanka on Larry King Live for a Celebrity Relief Telethon http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/

Madam President, the oil is relentlessly moving east in the Gulf of Mexico. A week and a half ago it hit Perdido Pass. That is in Perdido Bay. A week ago it hit Pensacola Pass. It is in Pensacola Bay. You ought to see what it looks like…

If I may finish the sentence--why should we not allow any kind of future devastation by a company to have the same liability? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 372, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Miller of North Carolina The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote…

Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise to recognize the many small businesses throughout the Nation, and especially in my home State of Florida and in my area of south Florida, that I hope will lead us into the great economic recovery. As we…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize an outstanding constituent from my district in south Florida, Isaac Behar, a longtime humanitarian, philanthropist, and businessman. Ike will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the…

Thank you so much. We affectionately refer to the gentleman from Texas as Judge Carter, but a distinguished Member of Congress, a part of the leadership of the Republican team, and thank you also for coming tonight before the Congress and…

Well, I will tell you right now that we are open to suggestions. We are looking at trying to be reasonable in whatever we do. To just impose unlimited caps on liability could be a very serious and damaging measure. First of all, let me say…

In conclusion, I do want to say that I work very closely with Mr. Oberstar, the Democrat chair of the T&I Committee. When we found out that the $1.6 billion fund has a $150 million cap for emergency use, we came together last week. I…

I claim time in opposition, even though I'm not opposed. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I yield myself the balance of time. Well, first I would like to address some of the points our colleague from Missouri suggested, that all we need to do for business is less Federal action and less regulation. And on that point, I would…

I thank the congressman for his concerns, and I have similar concerns. In my home State of Illinois, we also have institutions that would like to participate but would be unable to because of the asset cap. I know Chairman Frank agrees on…