Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging rules for the 112th Congress be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: SPECIAL COMMITTEE…

Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Thompson of California moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 514, to…

I thank the Judiciary chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, last week, 122 Democrats rejected legislation to temporarily extend the three expiring Patriot Act provisions, including 36 who supported a 1-year extension last year. The House…

Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Texas, yielded the Democrats 2 additional minutes, and asked for a copy of the motion to recommit so that we could look at it. The gentleman…

Mr. Speaker, I want to give my friend from California and other Members a little history lesson. When the Patriot Act was drafted in 2001, I insisted on the sunset and the then-Republican-controlled House prevailed on that issue against…

I am concerned that the type of regulation approved by the Federal Communications Commission ends up picking winners and losers.

Well, I believe in deadlines, and excuses are going to have to be valid if there is to be an extension considered.

The defense of our homeland is a top priority of our Nation, so I look forward to working with you.

Mr. Speaker, the Patriot Act has been the law for over 9 years, and not one of those 17 sections has been declared unconstitutional by any court in the United States. The argument that has been advanced by the gentleman from Ohio is just…

Mr. Speaker, first of all, the argument that has been advanced by my colleague from Colorado just doesn't mesh with the facts, and maybe I can give him a little bit of historical background. First of all, I was the chairman of the full…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I plan on doing, with this reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the same thing I did with the 2005 reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Examine every one of the expiring provisions, let everybody speak…

You are absolutely right. I did it 5\1/2\ years ago, and you have my commitment I will do it again.

Basically I think an awful lot of States are antiunion, and, in my opinion, when they are antiunion, they are actually antiworker.

the legislation would authorize a much needed assessment of the current state of the critical care delivery system

Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago, the distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich) called for not reauthorizing temporarily three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, allegedly because the FBI had found civil liberties violations. In…

Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot said about national security letters. The authority for them was made permanent in 2006. It is not a part of this bill, so we ought to completely forget about the complaints about national security…

Mr. Speaker, at the outset, let me say I'm a little bit puzzled that my friend from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) is opposing the extension of these three provisions of the Patriot Act today because last year, he called up a Senate bill that…

A February 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report prepared for Senator Herb Kohl paints a grim picture.