The best generals always seem to work for the newspapers.

The potential to generate an escalating conflict is not insignificant, much like we saw during the Cold War era with nuclear weapons.

It seems to me--and I'm thinking out loud, which can be dangerous--that if you have a kinetic environment, say at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, if that base were to be overrun by the enemy in a tactical effort, it would not…

Thank you, Madam Chair. This marks a historic time for our country to take necessary steps to make quality, reasonably priced health care possible and accessible to many more people. The current system is broken, and there is still a lot…

This has been a long process writing this bill. I've been honored as a new member of Congress to be at the table along the way scoring some wins and some losses with regard to the final product and where I would like to see it overall. I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this flawed health bill. ____________________

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of House Resolution 1099, as amended. This resolution recognizes the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. I want to commend the sponsor of this resolution, Representative Bruce Braley of Iowa, for…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 14 minutes a.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until today, Sunday, March 21, 2010, at 1 p.m. ____________________

I would like to inquire how much time our side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 9 minutes remaining.

Let me say in response to the gentleman from New Jersey that it was a good step we took with the Ike Skelton bill today. It solved half the problem. We still have a remaining problem, and that is that it's not clear, like it should be, who…

In just a moment. And we should have gone farther. We did not do that. We only went halfway. So it's still undefined who has final control over imposing all the regulations. And I have veterans in my district, a hundred thousand of them…

You'll have a chance shortly, I'm sure. I now yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).

I yield the balance of my time to Representative Cassidy from Louisiana. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes.

Mr. Speaker, at this point, I would like to yield 2 minutes to my colleague from the State of Texas (Mr. Poe).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I might consume. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of House Resolution 1075. I am pleased to join my colleagues, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer and the chairman of the Armed Services…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Once again, I commend the National Guard for their service to this country and to the cause of freedom. The freedom they work and fight for is embodied in the constitutional system…

Thank you. I will yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me just continue where I left off a few moments ago talking about this huge bill tomorrow that affects our Nation's freedom so much on health care, and let me just point out…