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Mr. Speaker, the cause for freedom suffered a deep loss yesterday with the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, the latest victim of the Cuban tyranny. And today we sadly commemorate the 1996 murder by the Cuban regime of…
Mr. Speaker, this week I met with commercial and recreational fishermen from my Congressional district of the Florida Keys. These hardworking men and women have taken time out of their busy season to travel up here to Washington, D.C., to…
I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McMAHON. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the remainder of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…
Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf), the co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Congressional Human Rights Commission and the coauthor of this important measure. (Mr. WOLF asked and was given…
Madam Speaker, I now would like to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), a member of the Natural Resources, Oversight, and Transportation Committees, for his insight and the insight of his constituent who's very…
Madam Speaker, I do have an additional speaker in case the gentleman would like to reserve his time. Mr. McMAHON. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to reclaim the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…
Madam Speaker, we have no further requests for time. I yield back the balance of our time. Mr. McMAHON. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today as a proud cosponsor of the bill before us, House Resolution 1048, commending the efforts and honoring the work of the men and women of the USNS Comfort and the United…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I also rise in support of House Resolution 944, and I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) for bringing this important…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am a proud cosponsor of this bill, and I rise in support of House Resolution 1074, which honors the life of Miep Gies, who helped Anne Frank's family while they were in hiding and…
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McMAHON. I thank the ranking member of the committee for those remarks, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today as a proud original cosponsor of the bill before us, House Resolution 1059. In the days following this horrific disaster, many of us watched the endless news cycles…
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today as a proud original cosponsor of House Resolution 1066, recognizing the bravery and the efforts of the United States Armed Forces, the local first responders, and other…
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McMAHON. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the same question which Americans are asking all over our great country, which is: Where are the jobs? We still face almost 10 percent unemployment at the national level and a totally unacceptable 11.8…
Mr. Speaker, in just a few weeks we will be celebrating Women's History Month; and to kick that off, I would like to recognize an individual who is a shining example of the difference that one person can make. Sylvia Unzueta's life is a…
Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? I am reading verbatim from portions in an article printed in one of our local papers: ``NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries,'' by Mark Matthews, February 16. ``NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden…
Mr. Speaker, I am a little bit tired of hearing ``we inherited.'' We were on the floor today, and we were trying to have some dialogue about jobs and about the economy, and all I heard from the other side of the aisle all-day long was, You…