Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 587 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 587 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

We are not simply incarcerating more and more people.

For purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Ms. Slaughter), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

Hundreds of millions of Americans pay for cell phones, cable television, home Internet connections, and for home landline connections to the telephone network.

I want to commend you on a very effective use of the word 'lugubrious.'

I think Congress has recognized in the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 and elsewhere and recognized that the antitrust laws needed to be sensitive to the potential benefits that joint R&D develop.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thanks to all of you for coming.

The announcement late last year of commercial agreements between four of the country's largest cable companies and the country's largest wireless phone services company understandably attracted some attention.

And it was imposed initially without a notice of proposed rulemaking.

Some have argued that the wireless market is tending toward a duopoly and that additional spectrum should be sold only to smaller wireless service providers.

We cannot afford an inpatient program, and at least they will not be using while they are in your jail.

The resolution provides for a modified open rule for the consideration of H.R. 2087, a bill to remove certain restrictions from a parcel of land that's situated in the Atlantic District of Accomack County, in Virginia. It provides for 1…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Utah? There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to speak in favor of the underlying bill. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Rigell) knows his constituents; he knows the needs there and has worked very hard for their benefit. This, as we already discussed…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the sponsor of this bill, who will once again try to describe to this body how this county land should stay with the county and needs to be dealt with by the county and all we have to do is…

Let me try and once again put this in perspective. The Federal Government, in and of itself, owns no land, especially in one of the original 13 States. Virginia had the land and gave it to the Federal Government. In 1976, the Federal…

Mr. Speaker, once again, the rule does not waive an earmark, because there are no earmarks. It is a general waiver that is in there. If one were to look back at the past three Congresses, official bills that have been prepared that are…

Is the precedent, by the way, for the FCC coming up with a spectrum screen, a new spectrum screen or something analogous to that in the middle of a transaction without going through the notice and comment process first?