I hope not, because of what happened on Saturday. Initially I thought oh, I'm probably going to do that more, but I think the more I kind of relax and take a deep breath along with everybody else, I will do it from time to time -- but I…

What I do think we do have to take more seriously are some of the threats that do come across. Every member in Congress on both sides of the aisle unfortunately does get an array of threats.

Thank you. I do appreciate the Congressman from Georgia talking about the difference between ``provide'' and ``promote.'' Let me just go with one historical example of how that works, because I think in one of your earlier questions it was…

If I could just add one comment to that as well. I think it is very clear that we need to say it is not that the Federal Government will always be bad and is incompetent at doing things. The problem the Federal Government has is the size…

You make me embarrassed right here. I wish I could take full credit for the time management plans that we are implementing here. I may have said it, but somebody else had to make the decision to go forward with it. I think it was the right…

Let me try and hit, for just one moment, two potential areas to address that particular question, and it goes back to the fact that we did read the Constitution on the floor today. You know it's amazing, as P.J. O'Rourke once said, that…

I appreciate that very well, because, to be very honest, this is not an easy task which this Congress faces. We have spent probably eight or nine decades digging the hole which we are in. To think that there is a simple way of getting out…

Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from California recognizing me. Every time we talk about rules, I realize for the majority of people, their eyes kind of glaze over. But every kid who has spent time in an elementary yard realizes…

We reached consensus. We found that making the right decisions is not necessarily a difficult process. All you need to do is throw strikes. Satchel Paige, when he was advising a young pitcher who was having a problem with his control…

Madam Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Conyers and Chairman Thompson for their leadership and for bringing H.R. 4748 to the floor with the Senate amendment. Our northern border with Canada spans over 4,000 miles, the longest open border…

Mr. President, I rise today to offer some remarks on the departure of my friend, the junior Senator from Indiana. Senator Evan Bayh has served the good people of his State for two full terms and will be leaving the Senate at the end of…

Mr. President, I rise to speak today to recognize the departure of my good friend, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania. Senator Arlen Specter has been present here in the Senate through some of its most contentious times. He and I have…

Mr. President, I ask the Record reflect that if I would have been present for yesterday's vote on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors--DREAM--Act of 2010, H.R. 5281, that I would have voted against cloture. My wife and…

Mr. President, I was regrettably absent for the vote on the cloture motion to H.R. 2965, The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act as my wife and I had a long standing family commitment to attend my grandson's graduation. If I had been present…

Madam President, I have always pledged to the people of Utah that I would fight any tax increase that gives Washington more of their hard-earned money to spend. Allowing middle-class families, small businesses, and investors to keep more…

Mr. President, I rise today to recognize and pay tribute to SFC James E. Thode, who gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country. On December 2, 2010, he died of wounds suffered after an improvised explosive device detonated on a roadside…

Mr. Speaker, this is a reasonable and needed piece of legislation. I commend the bill's sponsors and all those that have worked on it. I reserve the balance of my time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the case for adding a small amount of land to the Hoh Reservation is compelling. Because the tribe's reservation receives about 140 inches of rain per year and is located within a…