Today I rise in opposition to H.R. 1797. This act is both dangerous and unconstitutional and violates the rights of women who are in need of an abortion. It is blatantly unconstitutional and in clear violation of more than 40 years of…

Let me thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'd like to thank my colleague, Mr. Horsford of Nevada, and my colleague and neighbor from Brooklyn, New York, the Honorable Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, for yielding their time and for their tremendous…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from Ohio. She certainly eloquently illustrated the point that small business and entrepreneurship are as American as baseball and apple pie. And for women and minority-owned businesses to thrive is for…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from Texas for her very eloquent and thoughtful remarks and for her putting forth some very important policy prescriptions for what we in the Congress can do to help advance the agenda on behalf of…

I want to thank my good friend, Representative Horsford, who's made several important points. And if I could just highlight a few in particular, we hear a lot of talk here in Washington, D.C., about the evils of regulation. That talk is…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from New York for her very thoughtful and insightful remarks, and I certainly thank her for pointing out that immigrants from the great State of New York and, in fact, immigrants who have come across…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey for so eloquently laying out the history of entrepreneurship in America through the lens of the Black community, and also for detailing his own personal experiences in Newark, New Jersey…

It is my honor and my privilege once again to stand here on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus to help anchor this Special Order along with my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the Silver State, Representative Steven…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Smith-Moran-Nadler amendment, which provides a six-part plan for closing Gitmo. The amendment will remove the existing limitations on transfers, strike the current requests for…

The sexual assault epidemic plaguing our military has taken hold at the academies, which reported 80 cases of sexual assault last year--a 23 percent increase--and these are just the cases that were reported. My amendment would require the…

I thank my good friend, the chairman, for yielding, and I rise in opposition to the Smith-Gibson amendment. Let me express my deepest respect for the ranking member, Mr. Smith, and for my colleague from New York, Mr. Gibson, who has served…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the Smith-Gibson amendment. When we considered the fiscal year 2012 version of this bill, I argued in opposition to sections 1021 and 1022. I argued then--and I still believe…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the proponents be given 5 minutes and the opponents be given 5 minutes and then we vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise to speak against the amendment offered by my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. What does this amendment do? It is very simple. It says that the 11 million people living in the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1195 Under the previous order, the time until 10 a.m. is equally divided…

I agree. That is the right count. There were four of us there, and we did just as the chairman said.

It is hard to refute the logic of my friend from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. May I finish my question? Is it not true that we have said: Look, we welcome any suggestion to improve the bill. I would say respectfully to my friend from Texas it is…

Mr. President, thank you, and I thank my colleague from Texas for his specifics there, and I know he is trying to make the bill a better bill. I have to say, as I understand it, this is the very same amendment that was defeated in…