I am pleased to recognize a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee from Los Angeles, Ms. Maxine Waters, for 3 minutes.

No casualty insurance, no other kind of insurance but the one plainly listed in a two-page bill. So my confidence in the courts is unrestricted that they can get this right. The lack of a statutory definition is intended solely to give the…

If the gentleman will yield, I want to commend him for clearing up something that perhaps in more reasonable circumstances should not need to be cleared up. I still have confidence in the courts that they can read the simple understanding…

Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009. I want to thank my dear friend and colleague Congressman Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii who introduced this legislation. As cochair of the…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding the time. While the majority of Iraqis are Muslim, there are many communities of religious and ethnic minorities whose history in Iraq goes back thousands of years. This includes Chaldeans…

I thank my good friend and colleague, the distinguished majority leader, for yielding, and I am delighted to join him and my other colleagues in this tribute to a great citizen of the State of Michigan. He is our friend, our distinguished…

It is not long since a bunch of avaricious, grasping New York bankers caused a replay of 1929 and a major collapse of the American economy. They were too big to fail, and as a result, this Nation has spent hundreds of billions of dollars…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I support strongly the passage of H.R. 1065 and the other two bills, H.R. 3342 and H.R. 3254. In the 33 years that I've been in Congress, I've worked hard with Mr. Rahall--he and I came to…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker and Members, I have been doing this for quite a number of years now, and I asked my chief of staff how many years specifically it's been. But we're here again with the ranking…

I thank my friend Lamar Smith for his significant contribution and his work as a co-leader on the Judiciary Committee for all the other things that we work on as well. I now yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Georgia…

I just want to tell our colleague from Tennessee, Mr. Zach Wamp, that that was the most amazing recapitulation of what happens to people when they go and trace these incredible moments in history that many of us have lived through. I…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. ____________________

I request 5 legislative days during which Members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on H. Res. 1002 into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no…

First of all, I am sure the students and faculty and coaches and all those at North Central College are very pleased that Mrs. Biggert is the chief sponsor of this resolution. And it is our pleasure to, in a few minutes, pass that so they…

I request 5 legislative days during which Members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on H. Res. 1001 into the Record. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no…

I recognize myself for such time as I may consume. First of all, it is always a privilege to follow Mrs. Biggert to the microphone, particularly when she speaks on education. Her support of education at every level is well known well…

I recognize the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Foster) for such time as he may consume.

I request 5 legislative days in which Members may revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the Record on H. Res. 862. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan…