I am pleased to yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson), the distinguished subcommittee chairman on Courts and Competition.

Ladies and gentlemen of the House, this is the most disturbing debate that I have engaged in in the 111th Congress. And to hear what I've already heard from one of the most distinguished members of this Judiciary Committee is a little bit…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend Ron Gettelfinger on his leadership of the United Auto Workers for the past 8 years and to wish him all the best in his retirement. Since 1964, when Ron joined the…

I want to thank my dear friend from New York for his kindness, his fine words, and for his great patience. He is my dear friend. Mr. Speaker, I have the remarks of many of our other colleagues which will be inserted into the Record paying…

Today I would like to honor Mr. Ron Gettelfinger, a lifelong champion of the American labor movement and President of the United Auto Workers Union, on his retirement after forty-five years of dedicated service. As a Member of Congress it…

Mr. President, I rise today with a very urgent and critical situation from my home State and the home State of the Presiding Officer and for our Great Lakes in general. We are just finding out today that a commercial fisherman, contracted…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I thank the gentleman, and I yield now to the distinguished gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Kilpatrick).

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman. And now I yield to my dear friend from Maryland, the Honorable Donna Edwards.

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Maryland. I now yield to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

I thank my good friend from Michigan, and I yield now to another distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Schauer).

I thank my distinguished friend from Michigan. I yield now to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas. I yield now to the distinguished gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Mrs. Dahlkemper).

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman. I yield now with a great deal of pleasure and respect to my good friend from New York, the Honorable Edolphus Towns.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on behalf of nearly 1 million people who have lost their jobs, who have now also lost their unemployment insurance benefits because of the extensive obstacles and objections that have been put forward in the…

She said: I am 56 . . . and employers are opting for the person with a master's degree--or frankly, someone younger . . . I am a hard worker, intelligent, efficient, trustworthy, honest, dependable and upbeat. Mr. President, these are the…

On that note, I will simply say again that we are here and we will continue to be here fighting on behalf of people who are counting on us to do the right thing. We remember what it is like for too many families right now whose breadwinner…

Mr. President, how much time do we have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 20 seconds remaining.