I'm outraged that, at this point, in the year 2010, 40 years after the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed, workers still have to be afraid to exercise their rights under the law.

For purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions). All time yielded during consideration of the rule is for debate only. General Leave

Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's support of the underlying bill and the savings of $2.5 billion and that they'd like to proceed and make some cuts to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the course of the next year, and that is…

Madam Speaker, I would just remind the body that we're here on the FHA bill, the reformation of FHA which my friends have applauded, and that's really what we're here to talk about, a savings of $2.5 billion, more accountability from FHA…

I would ask the Speaker how much time I have left and how much time Mr. Sessions has left, and I would ask my friend how many speakers he has left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has 15 minutes remaining. The…

Madam Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1424 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1424 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the initial comments by Mr. Sessions and a number of the other Republicans about the bill that is before us--or hopefully will be before us, the FHA Reform Act of 2010, which is a bill that provides more…

I would ask the Speaker how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has 9\1/4\ minutes.

Mr. Speaker, sometimes you have to remind people from time to time about what happened in the past, because it's important. History is important. I would remind my friend from Illinois, you know, that there was an effort to reform Fannie…

I would remind my friend from West Virginia--and I do appreciate that $30 billion over 10 years--take a look at their proposition. It is for another bill for another day. We are dealing with FHA, which saves $2.5 billion today. Also, I…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on House Resolution 1424. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was…

Madam Speaker, I now yield 5 minutes to my friend from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. The rule provides for consideration of House bill 5072, the FHA Reform Act of 2010. It is a structured rule which makes in order 13 amendments. The rule waives all points of order against the bill…

S. 3387, introduced by Senator Mark Udall, to provide for the release of water from Ruedi Reservoir, to promote fish habitat conservation in the Colorado River.

We have, through Secretarial Order, ordered the dismantling of MMS as we knew it into what now will be three components going forward.

There is research underway with respect to oil spill issues all of the time.

The answer to that is yes because it is much easier to deal with these kinds of issues in shallower water than in deep water.