Mr. Speaker, under the rules of the House on a Special Order, is it appropriate for a Member to yield to someone else when they've been recognized for 60 minutes? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker's announced policy allows for the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I point out an additional 5\1/2\ million people resulting unemployed over this bill, but it provides access, according to calculations from the Congressional Budget Office, to health insurance policies for…

It is not just about women's rights. It is about economic justice in our country.

It is unacceptable that, after all these years, a woman still makes only 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes.

We still need to act to eliminate pay discrimination.

I am proud that the first law that President Obama signed into law was one that Rosa championed, the Lilly Ledbetter legislation.

These women are being hurt, and so are their families.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding to me. I rise in opposition to H. Con. Res. 248. It is not with disrespect for my colleague from Ohio, and I am confident that the gentleman from Ohio is aware of that, but I…

There is no better advocate for pay equity than Rosa is on this issue.

But in the 2011 budget request I've noticed you're using $555 million from this emergency supplemental for things that we usually fund in our annual appropriations bill.

I hope that your Department will look at that.

I think for every $1 we spend we save $6 and that's real money.

I haven't revisited that for some time, but again thinking about having a couple of plants that are cell based.

My hope is that Congress will follow through on the hard work they have done over the last 12 months and send a bill to the President soon.

quality enhancements nationwide are a critical part of this effort.

I understand it also includes staff salaries. These costs can hardly be called an emergency.

But overall, I think the President's budget is a good start.

It did not reverse a century of law because there was no law limiting independent expenditures until 1947.