you must enforce and defend these laws, regardless of your personal views, and I believe you must do so vigorously.

You do not get to pick and choose which statutes to defend.

I think that your answer shows that if these provisions were not reauthorized or if they were substantially weakened by including new requirements, it would be detrimental to the agents in the field.

Are you confident enough that under the legislation you have the authority to make any changes in the program to make it financially solvent in the long term?

I concur wholeheartedly with Senator Kirk. I think this is something that we just have not paid much attention to and we should.

Is there a risk of undermining the entire process of developing drugs and countermeasures for the stockpile if significantly more Project BioShield balances are used for other purposes?

I was very cautiously supportive of the CLASS Act.

I do not agree myself with Congress appropriating $120 million for an insolvent program.

I happen to think the community health center has been one of the great underpinnings of our health system in America.

I appreciate the support of Congress, particularly Chairman Harkin, on efforts to fight Medicare fraud.

I commend your Department and your leadership in that area.

The American people will not allow the hard-earned protections and benefits in this law to be taken away.

Thank you for your stewardship of this vast and complex Department.

I thank the gentlelady for recognizing me here on the floor of the House, Madam Speaker, and appreciate the privilege to address you. I came to this floor, one, to hear from Judge Carter and to listen to the presentation that he made. And…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, the good judge, who has taught me a few things about all of this. One of those things is sitting on the Judiciary Committee with the gentleman from Texas is, and I haven't learned it very well, but at…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. As I listen to this presentation, a number of things occur to me about what happens when you have the Federal agencies and the Federal agencies are passing rules and regulations that even though there is a…

If the title of that bill is the king's X bill, I'm going to be very interested in signing on.

Mr. President, I rise to speak on another of President Obama's judicial nominees. Tonight's vote to confirm Ms. Mae D'Agostino will be the 14th judicial nominee confirmed this Congress. It is the 10th judicial emergency filled this year…