The final package is a combination of hard-fought victories and losses. Overall, this legislation is essential for creating jobs, preventing interest rates from increasing for millions of students, and putting us on a path toward economic…

The family of Brian Terry deserves our respect, our condolences and our best efforts to finish the mission, to put an end to gun violence on the southern border. But instead of going after gun violence, this investigation has gone after…

Today is not a victory for one party or another. It is not a victory for an ideology. It is a victory for the American people and for the millions who had, for years, gone without access to quality health care. It is a victory for women…

Last October, I stood here and spoke out against the new free trade agreements that would have continued to add to the damage done to the manufacturers in my district that was done by NAFTA a decade ago. I mentioned a woman I had met at…

With so few days left in this legislative session, this is a time when we could be talking about how to help create jobs, improve education, and lower the deficit. That is surely what the American people really care about. Instead, the…

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 75, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $460,000,000)''. Page 75, line 14, after…

We spend a lot of time talking about how we need to do more with less. The reality is that, all too often, we do less with less. This is the unfortunate reality facing our rental assistance programs if the House-proposed funding levels are…

The necessity for this amendment is undeniable. The hardship and the suffering this budget would cause without this amendment, by imposing minimum rentals way beyond 30 percent of income on people with incomes of $2,000 to $2,500 annually…

Here we are once again. We find ourselves debating a bill that is under veto threat due to the Republicans my-way-or-the-highway posture. Mr. Chairman, last month saw the largest drop in construction jobs in 2 years, workers who joined the…

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 71, line 19, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''. Page 72, line 20, after the…

The private sector is a vital partner in transportation security, and the ASAC ensures that industry has a seat at the table as the government works to make our homeland more secure. I urge the adoption of this bipartisan bill, and I yield…

I have no further requests for time. If the gentleman from Mississippi has, no further requests for time, I am prepared to close, once the gentleman does.

I am proud, at this time, to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Lungren), who is chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies; and…

Before I get to the substance of the amendment, I cannot allow the occasion to pass because it may be my last comment on the floor on this bill, and the occasion is that this is the last time this bill will be shepherded by the gentleman…

This bipartisan bill is a good bill. I urge my colleagues to support it. It builds very strongly on the initial port security bill of 2006 that was sponsored by Mr. Lungren, who is here today, and Jane Harman, who was also in Congress at…

Let me describe it in one sentence. This amendment increases the HOPWA, which is the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, by $2 million. It offsets it with a harmless offset. I appreciate the cooperation, and I yield back the…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I agree to work with him moving forward to ensure that this issue is addressed in a manner to ensure this participation.

In closing, the SMART Port Security Act makes needed improvements to the TWIC program and supports security grants. It also encourages both the CBP and the Coast Guard to reduce redundancies and overlap, which will save taxpayer dollars. I…