We have an obligation to determine precisely where these massive breakdowns occurred that obviously with both the company and the Federal agency that failed to do their own due diligence.

I want to thank the Department for the work that you've been doing to try to provide some assistance.

Mr. President, I rise today, along with Senator Kaufman, to introduce legislation that puts a greater focus on efforts to improve the technical resources and decision-making process at the Federal Communications Commission. The bill…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

And I will just be brief. I want to have plenty of time for my colleagues who want to talk more about the substance of this issue. But I would say, I felt there was plenty of time for the process in the Rules Committee. There was a lively…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, during this health care debate over the last 6 months, we have heard we should listen to our…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague on the other side of the aisle. We've heard a variety of reasons and excuses today about why this bill shouldn't pass, whether it was about the committee process or a loophole, debating it back and forth…

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 pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 415, noes 3, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 62]…

Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate the clarification on the issue of a change. I will just clarify my own remarks, that I agreed with the sentiment that came out in this final rule that we did not need to make this exemption for the data. I…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).

Thank you to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren). I will not give you all of the answers I am sure you are looking for, and I feel confident that, when this bill is debated on the floor, there will be many more questions raised…

Well, thank you very much. I didn't even have to ask and I appreciate your offering.

Thank you. I knew you wanted to hear my very brief answer on this, and I just want to clarify. I appreciate your desire to discuss the process, and I hope you take as much time as you choose to do so. But I just want to clarify----

I cannot believe you really want these cuts for the Coast Guard. I know how highly you think of the Coast Guard.

This Committee worked very closely with the Department's Inspector General (IG) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and working with the Inspector General, we were able to identify nearly $1 billion in wasteful and fraudulent spending, which…

the Administration thankfully has reversed course

Reduction to Border Patrol Premium Pay and Agent Staffing--CBP requests a reduction of $31.7 million in premium pay and agent staffing.