Later today, the House will continue its extreme assault on women's health. H.R. 3 would prevent small businesses and families from receiving tax credits for private insurance coverage that includes safe and legal health procedures; allow…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I believe my friends on the other side of the aisle think that, if they repeat something again and again, people will begin to believe it. The fact of the matter is the Hyde Amendment already prohibits…

OK. Madam President, I have the floor and I ask to be recognized. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New York. ____________________

Madam President, I rise to talk about a serious crisis in the third branch of government; that is, the rate of vacancies in the U.S. district courts. There is a crisis that is unlike almost all the other issues we grapple with on a daily…

Might I ask a question of the Chair? What is the time status? There is 35 minutes until noon; is that divided? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes, the time is equally divided. The Democrats control 19 minutes, the Republicans control…

I know Senator Leahy wants to close with 5 minutes. So what we could do, equitably, is give each of the six Members on the floor 5 minutes.

Madam President, I believe we have 37 minutes remaining; is that right, 19 and 18? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Correct.

With all due respect to my colleague, Mrs. Black, when someone comes to the floor and says, I'm going to speak now free of hyperbole, well, it will be so high up to your neck you don't have to worry about getting it off your shoe because…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her leadership not only on this but so many important issues. I want to make it very clear, in response to the gentleman's statement, there are no taxpayer-funded abortions now. There weren't any…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Rules and Administration will meet on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., to conduct an executive business meeting to consider the nomination of William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to…

Thank you for giving me this opportunity. This substitute budget is listed as the ``Progressive budget.'' For reasons that clearly anyone can take a deep breath and see, as opposed to what Mr. Ryan is presenting to us as Republican, this…

Thank you for this opportunity. Unlike so many of my colleagues, I don't have any charts or anything to point out the direction in which I would want my great country to go, but I do have 40 young minds that come from the Frederick…

I am so glad you picked me at this time because I want to join the previous speaker in saying that the atmosphere and the attitude here is just too shrill. If we're dealing with the lives and the futures of the generations to follow, it…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. As we're about to close this part of the legislative morning expressions of belief, I would just like to say that for decades, so many people have said that we can't tell the difference between Democrats and…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, as Ronald Reagan used to say, ``There you go again.'' My Republican friends want to repeal the 20th century. They want to use the budget deficit to kill and destroy every program they have hated all…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Madam Speaker, in the last week I have twice offered an amendment to protect health care for seniors, veterans, and active duty military and military families. And to my great disappointment, the…

I thank my distinguished colleague for yielding. Mr. Chairman, as indicated in the chart to my right, the Republican Road to Ruin budget ends Medicare and other investments to pay for tax breaks to millionaires and some of the most…

The fiscal challenges our nation faces are the result of the irresponsible policies of the Bush administration and costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as necessary measures that continue helping our economic recovery after the most…