Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___ For ``Corps of…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 81 Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

Mr. Speaker, the Great Lakes are one of the most overlooked and unappreciated national assets. They are the largest source of freshwater in the world and contain 20 percent of the freshwater on Earth. The Great Lakes face many challenges…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank President Obama and the administration for recognizing how important Louisiana wetlands are not only to Louisiana citizens but also to the country. President Obama put $35.8 million into his budget for…

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 575 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. Holt The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to mourn the loss of two Louisiana soldiers from Fort Polk who recently died in Logar province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sergeant Michael Garcia of Bossier City and Sergeant…

I thank my colleague and friend Mr. Reed. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment, which would provide an adequate level of funding for the Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup program. The Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup…

Now, what if it is a prescription medication?

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 1380. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Louisiana? There was no objection. ____________________

But what about my credit card company?

Well, I buy glucosamine chondroitin just to tell you more about myself than you care to know.

So is it possible to surely make me fully aware of this but I am not fully aware of it because it is somewhere on line 47 of paragraph 42?

There's a large part of the sort of right-wing media... that says to heck with it. Just do it.

This is a great civics lesson because we have the President and the congressional leadership and they go to the White House and they sit around a table.

A majority of the country says that they're not in favor of increasing the debt limit.

I don't know of a single Democrat that said that it is no big deal if we don't raise the debt ceiling.

I see that you are pivoting here.