Now, my main focus in evaluating judicial nominees--I will try and get a little closer here--is whether they are qualified by legal experience as well as their judicial philosophy.

I think we are making solid confirmation progress.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak until I finish my remarks. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I trust that your children are experts by now in the rule against perpetuities, the doctrine of worthier title, and the rule in Shelley's case.

This is a defining moment for us as a people. This is a defining moment for this body. This is a defining moment for the United States Constitution. With the civil war in North Africa, there is no clear and present danger to the United…

Fellow Members of the House, if you would turn your attention to the back rail there, you will see the pages who have served us for this past semester. Thank you. You are supposed to applaud after I speak. These are the kids who still get…

Reclaiming my time, I would like to yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, who is also a member of the Page Board.

Mr. Chairman, once again, we thank the pages who will be having their graduation ceremony tomorrow and then leaving us. We wish you very well on your further endeavors. Thank you very much. Amendment Offered by Mr. King of Iowa The CHAIR…

Thank you so much to the gentleman from Georgia. I rise to support this omnibus amendment and for the purpose of directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to examine its practices on how it plans to rehabilitate and reuse national…

If you want to create jobs, it helps to have actually had a job, and I have.

I rise to support this amendment. In fact, I had an identical amendment to strike this restrictive language with respect to the Urban Area Security Initiative. In fiscal year 2010, over 60 urban areas, including my own City of Milwaukee…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin is recognized 5 minutes.

That's terrific.

Barack Obama has failed America.

Not perfect, but it was a state solution to our state's problem.

President Obama's European answers are not the solution to America's challenges.

It sounds nice on paper, but it doesn't work in reality. You do not know where that money is being spent. The mitigation money is not going to the area where the mitigation needs to be done. Once again, I will tell you, if you care about…

Madam Chair, most people are clearly not aware that national security on our borders is compromised on public lands by Federal land managers who have the authority to deny the Border Patrol access to those Federal lands. Most people are…