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We will seize the opportunity to work with the Government of Nigeria in these efforts.

We were concerned, as we should be, given Nigeria's long history of military involvement that we did not want to see a return of the military to power in an unconstitutional way in Nigeria.

I remain concerned... that these offices do not have the resources or reach the need they have to engage on the Nigerian Government on multiple levels.

What we need to do is reiterate over and over and over again and through every method we can the unacceptability of military intervention, and we should support the efforts of groups like the African Union, for example, that is making a…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 48, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' Stated against:

The proposal to combine NBC Universal and Comcast clearly has both vertical and horizontal competition concerns.

I do not know how it will develop, but that certainly is a possibility.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Wisconsin for supporting House Resolution 901. I can tell you that you have heard the history of Ruby Bridges, but in my own Fourth Congressional District of Wisconsin, last spring another…

Our job was to take this enormous national tragedy and try to learn from it.

We simply cannot afford our current military escalation in Afghanistan.

I have proposed an independent commission to do just that, and the Senate Intelligence Committee and full Senate have approved this proposal.

We need to ensure that the voices of everyday Americans are not drowned out by corporate interests.

This terrible decision deserves as robust a response as possible. Nothing less than the future of our democracy is at stake.

The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United was a tragic error.

By completely removing all restraints on political spending from corporate treasuries, Citizens United has unleashed a threat of enormous spending.

Five votes is not a license for vengeance. Five votes is also not a license to do anything that you want to do.