Representative Garamendi, if you will just yield on one point, what I believe is also important with the community college investment is the stated purpose of creating partnerships with the private sector.

So it's not like one person or one institutional network working in a vacuum but, rather, a partnership that is fostered by this budget process, by the thinking here of the administration working with Congress. Let's develop those…

Let me just mention this. Last night, I spoke before the ERC, the research center at RPI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They are well regarded for their development of scientists and technology experts and the engineers of the future…

Yes. Well, there was concern expressed on that train that the transportation bill advanced in this House falls grossly short of what's needed. And, you know, when you look at the many sectors of the infrastructure community, it's not just…

Just a minute ago we heard our chaplain beseech us to be open to the hearts and minds of the people we represent. That is exactly why, today, we need to pass the STOCK Act to stop insider trading on congressional knowledge. This has waited…

Well, I think I have some good news. Most Americans believe that when the Congress does not do what they want to happen that they can wait until Election Day, and then they remind us that we let them down. Certainly, I remember when this…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her hard work on this issue and many others. Mr. Speaker, I am really very pleased that we are finally working to address the insider trading issue in this body and that it will finally be on the…

Thank you. I rise in support of the President's action and Secretary Sebelius' action in the Department of Health and Human Services to allow the birth control benefit for working women across this country. This birth control benefit…

Today we find ourselves in the unfortunate and familiar position of running out the clock on the American people. The Republican majority seems to have no problem moving Heaven and Earth to preserve tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank her for her excellent exposition as to the law and the constitutionality, with which I am in full agreement. As we all know, the administration recently announced that a popular and…

Some decisions are just too important to be based on fear of political repercussions. That is why it is gratifying that President Obama heeded the advice of the Institute of Medicine and concluded that given its importance to women's…

I thank my colleague from New Jersey. In conclusion, I want to emphasize, again, that the Institute of Medicine found that contraceptives save lives. There are numerous studies that have shown that contraceptives lower the risk of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new title: TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE; ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION SEC…

Three years ago this week, an unspeakable tragedy occurred when a plane full of people, those who were dearly loved by their families, crashed through a home in Clarence Center, in my district. The cause was pilot fatigue and inexperience…

Today Members of Congress and others will see a thousand women of color visiting all of our offices. They call themselves the Delta Sorority. Here the leadership is provided by Judge Fudge as they come close to celebrating their 100th…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 187, noes 238, not voting 8, as follows: [Roll No. 40] AYES--187 Ackerman Altmire Andrews Baca Baldwin Bass (CA) Becerra…

It seems to be the one that I know the best. But what I see happening there is, again, a great intellect being poured into design and the concepts of advanced batteries. Not only can these batteries move heavy freight, heavy equipment…

Exactly. Right. And ARPA-E is the mimicking of that in an advanced research area of energy. Now we're going to sit there and battle over--perhaps denying dollars to concepts like this when we found out at the hearing that it is expertly…