As we continue to consider this issue during the 111th Congress, I look forward to the High School Sports Information Collection Act serving as a part of the solution.

Women are now actively participating in collegiate sports in large part due to the accountability requirements provided under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act of 1994.

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for yielding, and I appreciate the stance that he is taking on this bill, H.R. 4247. First, Mr. Speaker, I would say a couple of words about the 10th amendment and those rights that are reserved for the…

This reporting requirement is, in large part, the reason behind the narrowing of the athletics gap at the college level.

I request that he be removed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa will suspend. The Chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the House, and that any manifestation of approval or disapproval…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate your attention to the decorum in the Chamber. I do revere this institution that we all are a part of. And to pick up where I left off if I may, there is a flow to this economy that is impossible to…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's a privilege and an honor to be recognized by you to address you on the floor of the House of Representatives. Having watched the collection of colleagues from the other side of the aisle over the last 60…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 10 o'clock and 50 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

Mr. President, today, the Senate starts debate on expiring tax and health provisions, for people outside Washington. Around here, those tax provisions are generally referred to with the word ``extenders.'' But before I discuss the bill…

I yield myself such time as I might consume. Maybe I better ask, are we under a time agreement? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is no time limit.

We believe this is a good budget, a strong budget, a budget that has elements of reform and responds to the challenges that we face in rural America.

I think our budget is a constructive one. And I think it is furthering the interests of conservation.

You have to have the resources available to farmers to incent them to produce the feedstocks.

We think there is a need for better data collection.

The challenges facing rural communities for decades have grown more acute, which is why the Obama administration is committed to new approaches to strengthen rural America.

The administration will work to eliminate food deserts across the country within 7 years.

We think there needs to be expanded research efforts on identifying pathogens that we may not even be aware of today.

one of the things we found out was that there were many communities, both rural and in inner-city America, that did not have access to a grocery store.