Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of LCpl Brandon W. Pearson. Lance Corporal Pearson, who was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2, I…

Madam Speaker, I would remind the body that we're here to discuss Cobell v. Salazar, Pigford v. Glickman, plus the settlement of a number of water right cases. But even having said that, I would like to respond to my friend from North…

Madam Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my friend from North Carolina, (Dr. Foxx). General Leave

I also ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on House Resolution 1736. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado…

Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1736 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1736 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it…

Madam Speaker, I guess I have a completely opposite view of my friend from North Carolina as to the importance of this bill. The payment for wrongs against thousands and thousands and thousands of people that were delayed under Republican…

I would just say to my friend from Iowa that the settlement now applies to all African American farmers who were discriminated against, not just those that filed their claim by 1997, and as a consequence, it's a much broader class that is…

In response to my friend from North Carolina, I would say that the Republicans in the United States Senate are the ones who have been holding up legislation just as this until they get what they want. They put all these things together…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, House Resolution 1736 provides for the consideration of the bill H.R. 4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010. It makes in order a motion to concur in the Senate…

Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of SPC Dylan T. Reid. Specialist Reid, who was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Carson, CO…

Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of Specialist Dale J. Kridlo. Specialist Kridlo, assigned to the 27th Engineer Battalion, based in Fort Bragg, NC, died on November 7, 2010, of…

Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of SGT Aaron B. Cruttenden. Sergeant Cruttenden, assigned to the 27th Engineer Battalion, based in Fort Bragg, NC, died on November 7, 2010, of…

Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the previous question and in support of this week's YouCut item, the elimination of taxpayer subsidies to National Public Radio. National Public Radio's recent firing of longtime news analyst Juan…

If we don't deal with the deficit and the debt problem the capital markets are going to decide that question for us, and all of these programs are going to go away.

One of the saddest moments of my Senate career was learning that the observation that you're entitled to your own facts but not your own opinion, was not original with me.

Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today to honor the life and heroic service of SSG Carlos A. Benitez. Staff Sergeant Benitez, who was assigned to the 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Carson, CO, died…

part of our job was to make sure we're creating more opportunity, not less, for our kids and our grandkids.

We are in a deep, deep hole working in a town where the political debate, in my view, is almost utterly unmoored from the facts.