
Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment seeking to rescind $15 million of funds out of this continuing resolution. As I've listened to the debate here this evening and yesterday and over the last few days, as a freshman Member…
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Madam Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment seeking to rescind $15 million of funds out of this continuing resolution. As I've listened to the debate here this evening and yesterday and over the last few days, as a freshman Member…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 415 Offered by Ms. Edwards

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 282, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $15,000,000)''. Page 359…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 274, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 274…

By now, it should be clear to everyone that better disclosure is desperately needed.

The international community and Afghanistan cannot afford a force of 375,000 Afghan National Security Fund (ANSF) indefinitely.

It is absolutely critical to fund the defense budget going forward not in an ad hoc, every 60 days basis, but over a long period of time.

I would assume that you would stress with the same urgency the need to fund those types of DOS programs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

I think you have to move with some expedition, because, again, the last time we were all here together visiting, we were talking about how much progress we were making in this global settlement.

Secretary Mabus and Admiral Roughead, will this delay lead to any gap in capability?

The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) has been a workhorse of the amphibious force for moving vehicles and cargo from our amphibious ships to shore.

Madam Speaker, I rise today with great concern about the future of our country. And that's because in the past few days we've seen the valley between the hardworking middle class and the rich continue to grow wider and wider. It's a matter…

I rise in support of this amendment but to oppose the underlying Republican continuing resolution. The spending bill before us is born out of an ideology that cuts right to the heart of our values as a country, and our priorities, too…

Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized for 5 minutes.

I contend that America is on the losing end of the largest transfer of wealth through theft and piracy in the history of mankind.

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not a theory, it is a fact.