Mr. Speaker, Representative Fleischmann just made a great point. I don't hear a song that comes out on a platform-- and I think that one of the things we forget here is that this is not a discussion of how we get music, per se, and how…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Jeffries. I think one thing you and I both would point out in this is this is not one against another. It is not playing off. It is just being fair for all involved. You have artists who enjoy a very good living…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from the State of Washington (Mr. Newhouse). Again, I want to emphasize with him, as I was down here listening to my friend, that this is regular order. And, frankly, the one thing I have learned in the Rules…

I hope that today's hearing will shed some light on the complex schedule and cost demands facing NOAA's weather satellite programs.

With our reliance on GPS weather data, Mr. Chairman, I'm afraid that without accurate weather, these incidents would be more frequent.

Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and my privilege to serve alongside you, Congresswoman, with all of the bigness of your heart and the care that you have for people, particularly those who are on their way up. You don't have anything against…

So the one thing that we can do is make sure, if I hear you right, to make sure that the Secretary to Agriculture, Secretary Vilsack, designates cottonseed as other oilseed?

We have to make those governments more accountable and make them give their numbers and be as transparent as we are.

cotton is obviously a tremendous crop for us, about the challenges of obtaining financing if the situation doesn't improve.

Let's stay on the China situation that my good cousin over there, Austin Scott, brought to the fruition.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 675, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

the cotton industry will not sustain itself unless something substantial changes relatively quickly.

I commend you for raising it on this question. But I think it is a bigger question, in terms of our being able to be effective.

Madam President, as the last surviving person who served on the committee who wrote the original No Child Left Behind Act for the Congress, I am delighted to be here on this day. I think this Senator speaks for every superintendent, every…

I think given the situation we have in the U.S., ... this is a very timely time to have that really serious conversation in the U.N.

Mr. Speaker, I come here today, as I have on many other occasions, to discuss an issue that is close to my heart, but it is also close to every small community and every large community across the country, and that is the plight of our…

I fully agree with Georgia's Governor, Nathan Deal, who has publicly opposed the construction of a casino in metro Atlanta.

the Federal Government should not be dictating to the States how they operate their State lotteries or casinos