I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this is a highway and infrastructure bill. That means it is a jobs bill. Now, I would remind my colleagues and those watching that the President said back in January, as part of his weekly…

This is a highway and infrastructure bill, which means it is a jobs bill. I commend Mr. Boustany in a bipartisan effort to add this as an amendment to this bill. I represent the Great Lakes. We have a number of commercial as well as…

We haven't built a new refinery since 1976. EPA will not allow new refineries to be built. We have spent instead billions of dollars to expand the refineries that we have. Under regular order we moved this Keystone pipeline last summer. It…

I would just like to remind the House that this amendment is the same bill that the House passed last year with a vote of 267 144. We moved this through regular order through our committee hearings, subcommittee and full committee markup…

Thank you, Mr. Courtney, for yielding some time. And you're absolutely right: this is a national issue. Certainly in my home State of Michigan, it is an issue of incredible concern to people and young people and older folks, as well, that…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today to support my amendment, which strikes a bailout that was slipped into this bill for 41 wealthy sport hunters who want to import polar bear trophies taken during hunts in Canada…

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 Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Fleming The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I come before the House today as a cosponsor and a strong supporter of the Sportsmen's Heritage Act. I thank my good friend, Chairman Miller, for introducing it, and I'm particularly pleased that title I of the bill contains the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike title III. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 614, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr…

Ladies and gentlemen of the House, it's time for a real jobs plan to get our Americans back to work in every district. And since the conservatives have taken over the House more than a year ago, they have refused to move forward with a…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: S. 2257 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Thank you very much, Mr. President. If the Chair would please let me know when I have used 5 minutes, I would appreciate that. We have a very important vote in front of us that goes to the question of whether consumers are going to…

I thank my friend from Maryland. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, perhaps my colleagues on the other side, my conservative friends, either don't realize what they're doing in this budget or they're trying to make sure that nobody else…

Thank you very much, Mr. Honda. Tonight, I want to commend my friends on the other side of the aisle, starting with Mr. Tom McClintock of California and those who are with him this evening, because what has happened is that we have begun…

On rollcall No. 133, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' personal explanation

At this time I yield through my good friend from Ohio to my friend from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).

At this time I yield to, through my good friend from Ohio, to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Mel Watt.

I will begin by praising my good friend, the chairman of the subcommittee. It is just that he has brought us a bad piece of legislation. It should be rejected instantly by the House of Representatives because it does nothing to help…