I too would like to thank Mr. Cooper for bringing this resolution. It's important that it be recognized on this occasion. I thank Mr. Smith, who was a distinguished leader. We like to think of Texas as southwest Tennessee, because we did…

Congresswoman Blackburn brings up some interesting history. And it reminds me Brownlow was probably related to Parson Brownlow, who was the somewhat reviled governor of Tennessee during the Civil War period. And Senator Henry said some…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1614 expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that police service dogs and their handlers perform a critical role in ensuring our national security and…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and to add extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

I just want to thank Mr. Coble for bringing the bill. As I said, I know from where he comes. That was my first bill. I started as a police attorney, and I know about police dogs and about the bonds between policemen and their K-9…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 4862, introduced by Mr. Serrano of New York, will allow Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to naturalizing U.S. citizens. The naturalization ceremony is a crucial…

I yield such time as he may consume to the author of this resolution, the gentleman who represents the area where this historic Amendment was passed in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, the Honorable Jim Cooper.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. House Resolution 1375, introduced by the Honorable Jim Cooper of Tennessee, recognizes the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The 19th Amendment, of course, is the Amendment that gave women…

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for his kind remarks about the 19th Amendment. And as the only woman in our Tennessee delegation, and on behalf of the women from Tennessee who have preceded me in service to this body, Louise Reece…

I want to thank the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper) for his leadership on this issue and for bringing forward this memorializing resolution for us to remind--it's a great way for us to continue to remind our citizens of the…

I think that it is important for us to realize what is happening here today, and I do oppose the legislation that the majority is bringing forward today. Today, we are being asked to raise taxes for 10 years in order to pay for Medicaid…

Yesterday in Memphis, Tennessee, a tragedy was discovered that has affected our city and its professional sports world, a great basketball player and Memphian, Lorenzen Wright, was found murdered. Lorenzen Wright was a 14-year NBA star who…

I just want to reflect on why we're here. Mr. Lewis and I brought this resolution because it's the 50th anniversary of SNCC. There were other civil rights organizations as well, the NAACP, there was the Southern Christian Leadership…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, better known as SNCC, one of the organizations that served as the very foundation of the civil rights movement, the movement that brought America closer…

I want to thank my staff, Ms. Reisha Phills, who worked with me on this resolution with Mr. Lewis, and I yield back the balance of my time and ask that we pass this resolution here tonight. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…

It is with great pleasure that this bill comes to a conclusion. We passed this in the 110th Congress, we couldn't get the Senate to agree on the language, and we did it in this Congress. It was a victory for writing, said the New York…

Earlier this Congress, I introduced, together with Congressman Darrell Issa, H.R. 2765, to protect Americans' First Amendment rights against the threat posed by libel tourism, a new term in our vocabulary. The House passed that bill by…

You listen to the rhetoric in this hall and you hear a lot of talk from the folks on the other side of the aisle, the Republicans, about the deficit. It's very simple. There are two ways you deal with the deficit. Number one, you reduce…