Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 30, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 31…

If I understand correctly, the chairman and the ranking member have said we can continue to have this conversation. In recognition of that, I would be glad at this time to withdraw my amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to introduce an amendment to the Defense appropriations bill, and I want to thank Chairman Young and Ranking Member Visclosky for their efforts on this important legislation. My amendment would help improve the…

Premiums for family plans are up almost $2,500, according to a Kaiser study, and we can submit that to the record.

President Obama repeatedly promised that if we passed the health care law, the average cost of a family plan would decline by $2,500 a year by the end of his first term.

Our country needs a well-functioning National Labor Relations Board with a full slate of members.

The duty to bargain would lack teeth, and many middle class families in my State and across the country would be harmed.

Most Southern Baptists, and certainly myself, believe that we need to make sure the border is secure before citizenship is possible.

Mercy at the very least.

We believe it is a good step forward but it needs some repair and needs some work.

The gentleman's time has expired. The votes have been moved up to 10:15.

The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, and Chairman, Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013.

I would like to thank both of the witnesses for their very useful testimony.

As I stated at the beginning of our first hearing, concern for this issue is bipartisan, and requires bipartisan perspectives.

I think it is absolutely critical that we make sure that the rights of those to register and vote in the United States, regardless of race or gender or national origin or other protected areas, be preserved, and that we encourage all…

We should all work together to update the Voting Rights Act and to ensure that voting is free, fair, and accessible for all Americans.

I know our time is short, and I appreciate the discussion, and I'm about to yield back to the Speaker. And we may have a few more minutes we can actually continue this discussion tonight, but my time is done. I yield back the balance of my…

Part of that letter said that, in effect, that all of the phone calls, meaning the telephony metadata, had to be collected pursuant to the court order...