I yield for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from Arizona. (Mr. PASTOR of Arizona asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

It is a very strange Congress. At a time when Wall Street has been bailed out, banks have been bailed out--and banks were bailed out who kicked people out of their homes, now the programs that have been created to help keep people in their…

Mr. President, March is National Eye Donor Month-- a month--to honor those who have restored sight to blind or vision- impaired Americans across the country. For the last 28 years, since National Eye Donor Month was first established in…

Almost one in four homeowners in our country is underwater, meaning they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, and all of this misery is due to Wall Street's rigging of our economy. But on Wall Street, they're popping…

Today, a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress have introduced a privileged resolution calling for a vote in this Congress to end the war in Afghanistan. More than 60 percent of the American people want us out of there. This war is…

Mr. President, it is likely that neither the House nor Senate version of the fiscal year 2011 continuing resolution will pass this body. I would like to highlight one feature of both of the bills we are considering that I believe is truly…

Mr. President, we have all watched the news stories--from Madison, WI; Columbus, OH; Trenton, NJ, and other places around the country--where public employees, when you really analyze it, are paid more or less, including benefits and…

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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

Today in the State of Ohio, the State of Wisconsin and the State of Indiana there are epic struggles underway where those who serve the public, who teach our children, who police our streets, who fight the fires and who perform a myriad of…

Thank you so very much. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong opposition to attempts by the Republican Governor of Wisconsin and the Republican Governor of the State of Ohio, from which I hail, to undermine collective bargaining…

I would say just to take a step further what my colleague has said, there is an assault on working people all over this country and in this House as well. As these communities and these States have become Republican controlled, we now hear…

My colleague, who also is a lawyer, was talking about that earlier in her remarks today.

Let me just say to you--and I thank you for yielding and allowing me this time--as mayor of a city, I balanced budgets for 9 years. I understand what it takes to balance a budget. But let me just suggest to you that Wisconsin, being very…

Yesterday the Government Accountability Office released a report detailing billions of dollars of waste in the Federal Government. Redundant and ineffective programs infect the government like a plague. For too long, Congress has punted on…

Across the world we witness millions of ordinary people rising up in public assemblies, many at risk to their own lives speaking out for a better life for all. From Madison to Misurata, from Cairo to Columbus, courageous people are taking…

A few years back towards the end of my grandfather's life--he was a steelworker for about 40 years--and towards the end of his life, he couldn't drive anymore. I had the pleasure one day of taking him shopping. In Ohio, and where I come…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I would just like to say in response to my friends that my amendment will correct a bipartisan error and, second, that you can't destroy a missile system that doesn't work. I will just conclude by saying that Philip Coyle, a former…