I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $3,200,000)''. Page 33, line 9, after the dollar…

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 Kansas will be postponed. {time} 1840 Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR…

Both sides of the aisle agree that the top three priorities for this Congress are jobs, jobs, jobs. But when you look at what the new majority wants to do with the Federal budget, you really have to wonder, are they serious? Now in the…

I was going to talk about jobs, but I think in light of the last address on the other side of the aisle, I will talk a bit about foreign policy and specifically Egypt. There is a quote in a play by Samuel Beckett. It's called ``Waiting for…

I thank my very, very good friend from Massachusetts. Madam Speaker, what troubles me with this debate, and I would particularly address myself to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, is that we took two votes yesterday. One was…

Many Members on the Democratic side of the aisle, when we were considering health care reform, wanted a public option where the Federal Government would run it. It would ultimately save hundreds of billions of dollars more and, in fact, it…

I appreciate the leadership of the gentleman from California. So we have several dozen new Republican Members of this House, and as a result, the first thing we are going to do is to attempt to repeal health care. Let me review what has…

Last week, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed to join a Federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare, and I want to applaud Attorney General Schmidt, Governor Sam Brownback, and the 25 other States that have…

I thank my very good friend from Vermont for yielding to me, and I thank my colleagues for participating in this discussion. There are so many things that are hard to understand with regard to what occurred today. One is that the new…

``No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspections laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any…

Horrible tragedies like that cited by the two previous speakers remind us that there are simply too many guns too readily available to too many children. It has got to stop. On a very different subject, though, Mr. Speaker, when Ronald…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for his comments today and look forward to this bill's passage. I encourage my colleagues to vote for it. I, too, would like to recognize the work of my colleague from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt) in his…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I would point out to the House that an amendment to the defense authorization bill of a similar nature passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 408-10. I would let the gentleman from…

I appreciate very much the comments that have been made today on the House floor. Economically, there is no more important issue in the State of Kansas than the success or at least the opportunity to have success in this contract bidding…

Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to my colleague. What a great gentleman. This is an august body, a wonderful place, a delightful place to serve. It has great issues before it. There are people who are gentlemen and gentleladies in it…

Mr. President, I thank the majority leader for setting up this period of time. This will be my last speech, probably, to the body. It is a speech I wish to give in talking about leaving the Senate of the United States. I was just elected…

Mr. President, I rise to speak in relation to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 and to congratulate my colleagues on its unanimous passage. This legislation is vital not only to sanction Iran for…

I rise this evening in memory of my friend, Ross Beach. The House rules only allow me 5 minutes to speak, and it's difficult to summarize anyone's life in such a short time, but impossible to do justice to the life of Mr. Beach. Ross…