Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 3608 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate…

Well, we are gathering up cosponsorship for the bill. And I appreciate your comments, because this is designed to kind of jump this movement forward. There are communities in the municipalities across the country that have begun to put…

Let me give you another example, and I appreciate again your comments, because I think they are right on the mark. Let me give you another example of where the ordinary citizen can take ownership of the problem, can really become part of…

Mr. President, I rise today in full support of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. I assert that the investment we make in education with this bill is an investment in America's economic future. For too…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and I congratulate him for his leadership, and I thank Mr. Camp as well for his work. In the fall, Madam Speaker, of 2008, America did not know whether it was heading for the second Great Depression…

Everyone in this body is entitled to their own opinions, but we are not entitled to our own facts. I wish some of our colleagues would read this bill. It does not add one penny to the deficit. First, we have a speaker on the other side of…

They called it ``a dangerous device invented in Nazi Germany'' and a ``method of imposing Stalinism.'' Those were the statements made by the opponents of Medicare, Medicare that now provides health coverage to 45 million Americans. This…

I thank my friend for yielding. Today is March 21, 2010. On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a march across that bridge for the vote in this democracy. It was a march towards a…

Is the motion going to be read? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rule dispenses with the reading. The motion is merely designated. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

My colleagues, we have come this far not to be thwarted by a procedural motion that will never have effect. They know that. We know that. Vote ``no.'' Vote ``yes'' for the health care of all America. I yield back the balance of my time…

I thank the Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen, we have come a far pace. The majority of this House has just voted to do for Americans what a hundred years of Presidents have asked for. We are on the cusp of a great victory for America and for…

I want to thank my colleague for yielding and for introducing the Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act, H.R. 3644, and for working to maintain the Bay-Watershed Education and Training programs, watershed approach for environmental…

Mr. President, first, let me respond very briefly to the Republican leader and say that, looking at what the Congressional Budget Office has said, the objective scorekeeper, it says this bill will accomplish bringing down the growth rate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Republican leader is recognized. Health Care Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, well…

Mr. President, I understand the Republican leader will be coming to the floor and I will yield the floor as soon as the Republican leader is here and then, after that, I ask that I will have the opportunity to speak. But until the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I'm here today of course to celebrate and to honor Women's History Month. Mr. Speaker, it's an important time to honor the political and social struggles of women across this world and certainly in…

I would like to thank the gentlelady from California for yielding me the time and for the underlying bill. I come from the State of Maryland, and we have the largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, in and around the State of Maryland, and…

As a woman in this country, who would have known but for this debate that as a woman just starting out, same condition, same age, you pay more for your health care as a woman in this country than you do as a man. We're going to end that…