I would just close and yield the floor to Senator Menendez. The Senator is right about the resolution. We are not coming up with a new idea; we are just reinforcing an idea put on the table by our own President--we are not going to contain…

First, let me say that there is centuries-old precedence of international law governing the navigational rights in territorial waters and navigation through the straits around the globe. The U.N.'s Convention on the Law of the Sea was…

For the past 39 months, our Nation's unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent due to the administration's failed policies. Sadly, the average unemployment rate for our veterans is even higher. Congress has developed a pilot program…

Thank you for your leadership on behalf of the military families, servicemembers, and veterans of our country. The Military Personnel titles of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act are a product of an open, bipartisan…

Today the House will debate the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The House Armed Services Committee approved this bipartisan bill last week by a vote of 56 5. Earlier this year, the administration announced an…

Nell Lindsey was a nurse at a local hospital. Her shift had ended, and it was time to go home. She couldn't take her own car because her husband had disabled the car so it wouldn't work. This is the same husband who had broken her jaw on a…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. This is not, Mr. Speaker, the most glamorous thing we're going to do in this 112th Congress. If you stop to think about it, there are not that many people who are aware of, let alone care about, what kind…

Mr. President, I will gladly yield and let Senator Corker go ahead of me--I understand the Senator has an amendment to offer-- with the understanding I be allowed to speak for 5 minutes after he is done. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I rise in support of the compromise that was outlined by Senator Cantwell. Basically, 6 years ago the Congress of the United States by voice vote reauthorized the Export-Import Bank. If you are in business, like Boeing and…

Last Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. Over the past year, the administration has targeted defense spending to shift to other programs, which destroys…

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, in my office, as we all do, we get emails, from time to time, from constituents, viral emails alleging, from time to time, some type of violent fraud in the system or some type of bizarre…

I thank the chairwoman for giving me this opportunity to talk about the reason the United States should stand with Israel. I brought my oldest son with me. He is in the gallery today. His name is Graham. I wanted him to hear, and people of…

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 (and before the short title) insert the following: Sec. 542. None of the funds made…

The right to a secret ballot should be sacred in America, and I stand in unison with my colleagues from South Dakota, Utah, and Arizona in defunding the NLRB's ability to sue States over the right to a secret ballot. For decades, we have…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

I strongly support H.R. 2072, the ``Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011'' which reauthorizes the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank for three years. Last year the Export-Import Bank supported nearly 300,000 American jobs; 300,000…

Woman, I would just say, again, that really in times of prosperity, we should be having conversations about the size and the scope of government. And of course you have to have it in times of austerity. I just view the criminal justice…

Woman, my mother was a victims advocate in a prosecutor's office when I was growing up. She would come home and lament the fact that defendants could pick any lawyer they wanted to defend them, but the victims of crime were stuck with the…