How much time is now remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from South Carolina has 8\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Georgia has 11\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the 89 Senators--50 Democrats and 39 Republicans--for their bipartisan agreement to extend the current payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance benefits…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Alabama (Ms. Sewell).

Last Tuesday House Republicans successfully passed a bill that protects every American taxpayer and promotes job creation by extending the payroll tax cut, reforming unemployment insurance, and providing Medicare payments to physicians for…

In 2003 the United States military and its allies began operations to remove Saddam Hussein from power, who was a ruthless dictator and a threat to stability in the Middle East, undermining world peace. Yesterday, the United States…

Yesterday the House passed legislation that supports and provides for servicemembers and their military families who have chosen to dedicate their lives to service in our Armed Forces to protect American families. After victoriously…

The Senator is correct. But here is what we are doing. Here is what Lindsey Graham is doing, and Carl Levin, and an overwhelming number of the Members of this body are about to do. We are about to pass a defense authorization bill that…

Madam President, could I ask for 30 seconds? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there any objection?

This idea of civil liberties and the American way of life--if we do not fight for it, we are going to lose it. We are under siege and we are under attack. So let's fight back within our values. This bill allows us to fight back, and I am…

I thank the Senator from New Hampshire who has been a great leader on this issue. Let me just tell my colleagues what drives my thinking. I think we are at war--I don't think it, I believe it. I hope my colleagues believe it too, and I…

Yesterday the President announced he will veto the payroll tax extension bill passed by House Republicans due to the inclusion of the Keystone pipeline construction. The President campaigns for jobs, but will sadly veto a jobs bill. This…

Thank you, Chairman McKeon, for your commitment to military servicemembers, family members, and veterans. Before I begin, I want to commend Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry for his clarification of the detainee issue, which is that the issue…

Last Friday the National Labor Relations Board announced that they had approved the requests by the International Association of Machinists to withdraw its complaint against Boeing. For the past year, the President's National Labor…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this outrageously partisan and unfair bill. The clock is ticking; working families are worrying; and my Republican friends are…

There are but two points I want to bring up in support of the bill before us today. Thomas Jefferson said this: ``A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to…

The last time the Republicans controlled the House back in 2006, a newspaper columnist called it ``the Seinfeld Congress,'' because like Seinfeld, which was a show about nothing, the 109th Congress was a Congress about nothing. Absolutely…

Last Friday the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced November's unemployment rate remained above 8 percent. Over 13 million American families are now without jobs. Nearly 25 million people are looking for full-time employment. The…

Today the House will begin consideration of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011, also referred to as the REINS Act. This bill will require Congress to approve any Federal regulation that will impact our…