Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1174, supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month. Designating a month each year to honor women's history gives…

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I support the underlying bill that we have been talking about, H. Res. 1174, Women's History Month and urge people to vote for it. But I do want to say that Republicans have been maligned, I believe, on the floor…

Mr. Speaker, the good Lord gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason. If our colleagues would listen, they would hear us say we don't want to do away with these programs. We want to save them. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support…

Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out to the gentlewoman from Maine that Republicans did a lot when they were in control, and what got stopped was because of Democrats in the Senate. We passed health savings accounts which give people…

Republicans are not saying that we don't need to do something to reform health care. We all agree with that. We need to do something to reform it. We have commonsense solutions. And compassion begins with preserving freedom. Don't tell me…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, as my colleagues have said today, and I have mentioned, also, we are here this week, we are here on a Friday afternoon, we are not normally here, because our…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4840, introduced by my colleague from Ohio (Mr. Tiberi), designating the United States Postal Service located at 1979 Cleveland Avenue…

I thank the gentleman for the time. I want to just say that our colleagues across the aisle have been lambasting insurance companies about what terrible things they have done to the American people. But I want to say that there is one…

I will give the gentleman 30 more seconds. That leaves me 30 seconds, Mr. Speaker? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is correct.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, let me just state for the record that this has been an incredibly open process. And when I contrast it to the way my friends on the other side of the aisle handled a similar…

Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, at this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko).

Madam Speaker, the people of this country like to have simple truth; and the simple truth about the bill that we are probably going to vote on this week is that Americans are opposed to the health care bill. But the Democrats in charge of…

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding time. Madam Speaker, we are on the cusp of voting on legislation to permit a Federal Government takeover of one-sixth of the Nation's economy. This is the most significant piece of…

Madam Speaker, my colleague across the aisle talks about what the State of North Carolina does and does not do. This insurance should be a State issue; it should not be a Federal issue. Maybe changes need to be made in the State of North…

I want to say that, again, our colleagues across the aisle are in the business of picking winners and losers. They do love one insurance company. They love the AARP, which in 2008, from their financial statements, had royalty fees of $414…

Madam Speaker, I now yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

Madam Speaker, I want to say to my colleague from Kentucky, even his own President has said that Americans will not have competition and choice in terms of what they are able to keep. He said that people will not be able to keep the…

Let me say, Madam Speaker, that the gentleman obviously did not pay attention to what the President said at the Republican retreat, because he said he had made a mistake in saying that people could keep their insurance plans if they liked…