Ultimately, our success in Afghanistan depends on the ability of the ANSF to take over the fight and to provide security for the country.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce legislation that I believe will ensure that our motor vehicle operators, particularly those smallest businesses who rely on only one or two vehicles, are no longer subject to the nefarious practices…

Our bill would accelerate the research for plug-in hybrid technologies for heavy duty trucks.

Madam President, I rise to speak in support of the resolution offered by the Senator from Alaska disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air…

Mr. President, I rise to join Senators Lieberman and Carper in introducing the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010. This vital legislation would fortify the government's efforts to safeguard America's cyber networks from…

Mr. President, I ask that I be notified when I have 30 seconds remaining, which I am going to yield to the Senator from Tennessee. Mr. President, the Senator from California has misrepresented what my amendment would do. It does not repeal…

Madam President, I left an important markup of the Senate Armed Services Committee because it was my understanding the Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, wished to debate an amendment I have pending before this body and she wanted to do…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), also a member of the Committee on Rules.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the chair of the Committee on Rules.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1404 provides for consideration of H.R. 5136, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, under a structured rule. The rule makes in order 82…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1404 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1404 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I do have to disagree with the previous speaker for a whole variety of reasons, and I won't take up a lot of time. But this is not about being overt about your sexuality. This is about people who have been denied the right to…

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my colleague from the Rules Committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart). All time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro.) Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the $485 million earmark included in the Defense Authorization Bill for an extra engine for the F-35 Joint…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews.) (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)