All special deals. And today we find out that yesterday or the day before our Speaker, Speaker Pelosi, made this comment, she said, We're going to have to pass this bill in order to find out what's in it. Now, we're talking about one-sixth…

Well, we learned with the stimulus bill that you didn't have to read it to pass it, so I guess maybe it just correlated with that.

I want to thank the gentleman again, faithful virtually every week to have this leadership hour and talk about such weighty issues as health care. But to follow up on your very point, and that is today, the big question is why all these…

Well, first of all, let me say something that I think is not as obvious, but if you think about it, it should be very clear. Coverage under health care does not mean access to health care. Look at Cuba. In Cuba, you have universal health…

We're in the closing moments. I just want to touch on the process. We've heard about the Corn Husker kickback, the Louisiana Purchase, the Gatorade Carve-out for the Medicare Advantage in Florida.

Well, I want to thank my colleague from Missouri for hosting this and my other colleagues who are expressing leadership and really trying to make this last stand because we are at the last stand for health care, as the President continues…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak on an issue that is of great importance to small businesses and independent inventors everywhere--patent reform. I understand that the Senate Judiciary Committee has been hard at work…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kaufman). The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3335, as Modified

Now I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) in whose district this tragic event occurred. Mr. McCAUL. I thank the gentleman for yielding. And I thank the gentleman from Austin, Mr…

I thank my friend and colleague Mr. Cao for giving me time and for bringing this resolution to the floor which I wholeheartedly support, congratulating the New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl XLIV and bringing this long overdue NFL…

I thank my friend, Mr. Cao, for proposing this resolution, and for having this debate today, and certainly other members from our delegation. Let me just say parenthetically, in response to our good friend from Indiana (Mr. Burton) that…

At the appropriate time, I will call up the amendment for a vote and further debate. I wished to make sure we have the modification in. I have now suggested a pay-for for it. I again thank Members for being helpful to us. We thought…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and to call up amendment No. 3335 for the purposes of modification only. I have already spoken about the amendment at length. I have already submitted a lot of…

Like all my colleagues here in the House of Representatives, I was shocked and horrified by the tragedy that occurred at the IRS office in Austin, Texas, on February 18. I especially want to offer my condolences to the family of Vernon…

Last year, I introduced House Resolution 615, a resolution that simply says, if you vote for a government-run health care system, you should be willing to be subject to it. As of today, over 3 million Americans have gone to…

I want to thank Mr. Cao, my colleague from New Orleans, for bringing the resolution. It's really a special time. If you have been in and around the city of New Orleans--and of course so many people have been focused on New Orleans in…

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Mr. Cao's resolution, honoring the Super Bowl champion, the New Orleans Saints. You know, I remember as a child watching the Saints play in the old Tulane…