I would just like to point out one small thing to my colleague from Florida. Yes, I do begin wondering every day wondering how I can make life better for other people. But I want to say that there is no accountability whatsoever in this…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5- minute votes on…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I would just like to say in response to my colleague from Florida that I think this rule and the underlying bill have a lot more to do with elective abortions than they do with government…

The cost of inaction will be borne by the young teachers who are told that their cash-strapped school districts can no longer afford their retirement benefits.

It is interesting because when we look back at the history of collective bargaining, especially with public sector unions, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and both President John F. Kennedy who did not feel that there should be collective…

We are not facing a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

I believe she is well qualified to handle the daily challenges of being a Federal judge and look forward to working for her confirmation.

There is nothing that is more fulfilling and rewarding in the work that we do as Members of the United States Congress than to see the kind of benefit that we have been able to put into place here.

It offers them political legitimacy, in a sense, because often what we are doing is giving an additional dimension to reform efforts.

We have worked in a kind of perfectly bipartisan way on this Commission because we all believe in it.

America's role in the world requires engagement.

We are taking on a very specific set of countries.

This is a unique Commission, I think. And it is very closely targeted.

So how can we all admit how well trained they are, and the only thing that separates them from where they are today and a job is a certificate saying that they have 15 years as an electrician? Something is crazy wrong with this.

I applaud you for the effort. I applaud the administration for focusing government attention on this.

There is something wrong here. This is not difficult.

Is there anything that we are currently doing out there that is initiated by government that actually works?