I want to thank the gentlelady from the Virgin Islands. I also want to thank the gentlelady from Houston, Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, for that excellent statement on the Constitution and the 14th and the Fifth Amendments. I am so serious…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Republican effort to deny 32 million Americans health care, to deny millions of middle class Americans the ability to get health care insurance if they have…

Tomorrow, the House will vote on the Patients' Rights Repeal Act. While none of us thought that the landmark reform bill passed last year was perfect, repeal would only recreate many problems that last year's bill solved. Instead of…

Let me just end by saying this. Let's make sure that health care is not a privilege for a few but a right for the many. Let us make sure that we do not destroy this great health care reform bill that's now law.

You know, in this country we do our political discourse with balance, not bullets. And although the assassin tried to murder a U.S. Congresswoman, he really was trying to stick a stake or murder American democracy. All of us on both sides…

I rise on behalf of the people of New York's 11th congressional district to offer my thoughts and prayers to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her staff, constituents, and all those affected by this tragic shooting. I am truly shocked…

I want to first say I'm so proud of all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have spoken today. Gabby has brought us all together as never before. I'm a good friend of Gabby Giffords. She's a good friend of mine. I first met her…

I thank my friend from Arizona for yielding me this time. First, Madam Speaker, I want to recognize and give thanks to the leadership of the House--in particular Nancy Pelosi, and more so this morning to Speaker John Boehner--for this…

The last conversation I had prior to this incident was last Friday when she asked me: Joe, can I chair the new Dem Task Force on Energy? She was trying to convince me somehow that I had to let her do this. And I just said: Gabby, you're…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, like so many of my colleagues, I knew Gabby Giffords to be a warm and caring friend, a rising star in the House with a moral compass as sure as it is true. That is why she recently spoke…

It is with heartfelt sadness that today I remember those who lost their lives in this bravery in trying to stop the gunman. I remember those who were wounded and even now are fighting to recover from their wounds. I remember all of the…

Section 5: ``Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.'' Section 6: ``This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution…

``No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually…

``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any…

``And they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the…

This coming Wednesday, in really the first order of real business of the House, we are voting on health care reform repeal. The new Republican majority has decided that this is the most important issue, even though they know that it's…

Section 3: ``No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress or elector of President or Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as…

Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleagues in honoring the Senator from Maryland, Barbara Mikulski--the longest serving woman in the history of the U.S. Senate. It has been an honor to serve with Senator Mikulski in my 2 years in…