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Mr. Speaker, I rise today because the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is putting people to work in my hometown of Tampa. Last Thursday at the University of Tampa, President Obama announced a new jobs initiative that will put…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Judge Poe, a member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to honor the brave work and the supreme dedication of the command and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk. The Mohawk has just returned from a 2-month deployment and is now home at Coast Guard Sector Key…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and we yield back the balance of our time.

Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), the ranking member on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of my bill, House Resolution 1044, commemorating this year as the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi extermination camps…

The decision has been made for the purposes of securing the national defense.

I was not very satisfied when we had the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Ms. Flournoy, come to talk to us about the policy.

The wisest man in the world, King Solomon, faced the problem of who a baby's parent was between two women that said the baby was theirs.

Well, we want to keep talking to you about that. Since this seems to be such an effective device, if it's ready to be funded we want to try to provide that for you.

It's clear to you that there is capability at Tyndall.

I would just add my comments on JSTARS, and I'd like to be kept in the loop...

Therefore, I would like the record to reflect that that was a matter that we took care of in the defense appropriations bill for this current fiscal year.

Florida has always been a second port and the Atlantic fleet of carriers has always been dispersed.

Our Air Force range system is not as flexible as it needs to be to ensure the growing number of launches that are required.

The Army's 7th Special Forces Group is in the process of moving from Fort Bragg, NC, to Eglin Air Force Base, FL.