Before us is a defense bill and a Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bill adjusting the FY 2012 funding levels to meet FY 2013 needs. It is unacceptable that Federal agencies and departments covered by the 10 remaining bills would be…

I'm delighted to yield 2 minutes to my friend, the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the distinguished ranking member of the Labor, Health, Human Services, Education Subcommittee. Ms. DeLAURO. I rise in strong opposition to this…

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the distinguished ranking member of the MILCON Subcommittee of Appropriations.

I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Committee, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky).

Before I yield to my next speaker, I would like to thank Mr. Frelinghuysen for addressing sequestration and the devastating testimony of all those representing our distinguished Armed Forces. But I would also like to clarify again that…

I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the distinguished ranking member of the Leg Branch Subcommittee of Appropriations.

I thank the ranking member. As the ranking member of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, I wanted to outline several areas of concern in this section of the bill. Several agencies under the…

Madam President, so many good things about Caitlin Halligan have already been said. She is a woman of great intellect, has a history of laudable achievements, a record of outstanding public service, and she deserves the full support of the…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes of debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, first let me compliment my colleague from Delaware not only for his typically excellent remarks today but also for his vigilance on these issues. He is a relatively newer member of the Judiciary Committee, but he has jumped…

I thank my colleague from Alabama for taking only 30 seconds because of the 30 seconds I took to explain to him. I have three parts to my little statement. I will speak briefly on each. First, I rise in support of the nominations of…

Reserving the right to object, I have some remarks I would like to make before 5:30. I do not object.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about an issue that every mother in America is thinking about. Every parent in America who saw what happened in Connecticut bleeds for this issue. We have to do something in our country about senseless gun…

I am a proud supporter of the right to keep and bear arms. I am appalled by the President's attempts to erode our constitutional freedoms and impress his will by executive order. Our Founding Fathers would not have imagined that the right…

Thank you, Congressman Davis, for your leadership and for your eloquence in laying out, in a very clear, concise, and articulate fashion, the problems with sequestration that we are forced now to confront here in America as a result of the…

Congresswoman Christensen, thank you very much. I think it's important to emphasize a point that you just made as it relates to what we should be doing to jump-start the economy. We should be investing in the American economy, attempting…

Thank you, Congresswoman Lee. The economic recovery, as you pointed out, is still in an extremely fragile state. Many of those most vulnerable Americans who were adversely impacted by the recession still have not been made whole in any…

Thank you, Congresswoman Fudge. I now yield to the Congresswoman from the Golden State, Congresswoman Barbara Lee from California.