The ultimate solution here is for Assad to leave. We know that we need to have Assad out and I believe he should leave for The Hague to be held accountable for his war crimes.

It seems to me that as we did in places like Kosovo, that it warrants a very, very hard look with our allies...

Many do not.

The bill we are examining today, the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act, will also help address a litigation abuse that regularly drags small businesses into court.

America's small businesses are some of the leading victims of frivolous lawsuits and the extraordinary costs that our legal system imposes.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. This amendment denies the benefit of the bill's permit streamlining provisions to any and all projects that could be terrorist targets or involve chemical facilities or other critical…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time to say to my colleague from Texas that this bill is about national security. The gentlewoman is right. We can all agree on the importance of national security and protecting our security…

Reclaiming my time, I would say to the gentlewoman that the bill allows lots of time for each stage of the permitting process to cover and discover ways to make a project more secure, to make it safer, to improve it in a variety of…

Mr. Chairman, I do rise in opposition to this amendment. I do share, however, the interest of the gentleman from Georgia in promoting the common good, as mentioned by Pope Francis when he spoke in this Chamber yesterday. But the common…

I rise in opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson). The question was taken; and the Chair…

Mr. Speaker, after President Obama's ill-conceived stimulus bill failed, he blamed its failure on the lack of shovel-ready construction projects. President Obama was even quoted in the press to have joked about it. ``Shovel-ready was not…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, first, to the gentleman from Georgia, let me just say that the Water Resources Development Act, which passed this House, has in it the same streamlining provisions of the…

Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Hardy), having assumed the chair, Mr. LaMalfa, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an epidemic that is plaguing our servicemembers and our veterans, and that epidemic is suicide. Each day it is estimated, on average, 22 veterans commit suicide in the United States. That is more than…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 348. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Poe of Texas). Is there objection…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. America's voters sent the 114th Congress to Washington to help turn around this Nation's struggling economy. For more than 6\1/2\ long years, America's families and workers have been…