The people of America, Ninth District, they want the truth. They want the honesty of what is going on, and they will accept the truth even if it is hard, but they will not accept incompetence.

We are not spending Monopoly money here.

Maybe it is just time to say let us stop.

I have a huge problem with no accountability.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as cosponsor of this bill and chairman of the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4228. Over this past year, I have aggressively…

Madam President, I request the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. President, I rise for a moment to talk about the Sylvia Burwell nomination, pending confirmation to be Secretary of Labor at HHS, and also to talk about the Affordable Care Act, because you can't separate the two. I have the good…

I simply don't believe the administration's claim that the U.S. needed to act quickly to rescue the sergeant because he was in poor health.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, I do appreciate the opportunity, and it looks like I am probably bringing up the boots. I think I am on a boat, as they say. I am the last one coming in. I just want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for the time…

Mr. Chairman, I do appreciate the ranking member's opinion on that. As the son of a Georgia State trooper, I think the descriptions that you have just made are basically a little bit of hyperbole in the sense that when an officer or others…

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Walberg

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, I would point out that this law pertains only to the southwestern border States and that my friends from Connecticut and New York are not affected by this rule. There is no reason why you can't buy long guns in New York or in…

Mr. Chairman, I want to point out that this recordkeeping is directed at multiple rifle and shotgun sales of a semiautomatic character. It becomes a habit around here to call anything that will fire six shots when you pull the trigger an…

Mr. Chairman, law-abiding Americans shouldn't have to sacrifice their right to privacy to exercise their Second Amendment rights because they live in the southwestern part of the United States. I don't understand why they want to take the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. I want to honor Helen Ho Kim and the entire staff of the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center of Georgia. Based in the city of Norcross, part of which I…

Simply return the rule. Let us take this off the fast track that it is on.