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Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) that the House suspend the…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 will address an ongoing problem of cell phones being smuggled into prisons by visitors and prison guards. Prison inmate cell phone accessibility…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill (S. 1749) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners, as amended. The Clerk…
I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Himes). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5566, as amended. The…
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank all the people who have spoken and worked hard on this bill to get it in a form which we believe will pass constitutional muster. Any time you deal with a subject like this you have to deal with the First…
Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. Sutton).
I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Peters), who has worked extremely hard on this legislation.
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this legislation addresses a disturbing subject in need of congressional action. In the late 1990s, Congress was made aware of a growing market of videotapes and still photographs…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request…
Mr. Speaker, last week we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the adoption of the Older Americans Act. Later this month we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Medicare and next month the 75th anniversary of Social Security. Seniors are…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to the ongoing destruction of the American Dream. As the dense fog of increasing debt suffocates our economy, joblessness creates the uncertainty in which small businesses cannot survive. Credit is not…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5566, the Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act. Crush videos are videotapes depicting small animals, including cats, dogs, and even monkeys, being slowly crushed to death. Many…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Cell Phone Contraband Act. The illegal use of wireless phones in prisons is a serious problem. Smuggled cell phones are used by prisoners to maintain connections with their criminal enterprises beyond…
I still have grave concerns about the investments around high-frequency trading, that it is not just all about liquidity.
I would have real problems if there was going to be kind of an arbitrary taking of debt that would be converting it to equity if investors were not prewarned on that.
I had the belief, and I think Senator Corker did, as well, that we wanted to have a preferred process for bankruptcy and resolution being only as a remedy of last resort.