When Kim Dae Jung after 60 years of this political separation was able to go up to Pyongyang and shook the hands with Kim Jong Il, to me that was a very important thing.

The sunshine policy I adore and really with the utmost respect what Kim Dae Jung was able to accomplish...

I agree with Mr. Carlin's statements that for the past 10 years, they really have not had any real effective engagement process in dealing with North Korea.

Let's move forward in approving the proposed free trade agreement with South Korea that has been carefully crafted to increase our export markets to South Korea between $12-20 billion and will add some 70,000 jobs for the American people.

How is it that a foreign company, like British Petroleum, got away with all this?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to offer my personal congratulations for your attainment of the Chairmanship, Mr. Chairman, and also our Ranking Member of the Committee.

We are expending $1.7 billion for the services of your agency that produces over $120 billion benefit.

That is immoral. And I will continue to fight that here in Congress so that it doesn't occur.

What can you possibly do with an increase of 24 cents a day, and you are working your butt off, and exporting tens of billions of dollars of canned tuna from this little territory of American Samoa?

The State of Hawaii has had to absorb some $120 million of its own funds to take care of the Micronesians who are immigrating or migrating to the State of Hawaii.

I don't think there is anyone here, Members of Congress, who are more conscious of the fact that we do have a very serious deficit problem in our national debt.

I'm not wanting to detract from today's spirited discussion or debate on H.R. 1, which I will discuss at a later point of time in the day, but I want to discuss with my colleagues and the American people the current crisis now happening…

I appreciate the goal to cut spending and reduce the deficit, which is projected to hit $1.6 trillion this year; and I am very pleased with the approach laid out by President Obama. In his budget proposal for FY 2012 and beyond, President…

I think there seems to be a little sense of just pretending like the problem doesn't exist.

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I hope that in the coming weeks and months we will continue to discuss this issue and, hopefully, our friends on the other side will understand our concerns. Again, it's the challenge of establishing a balance between development and the…

I want to commend the gentleman for raising these issues not only with our colleagues, but the importance of why we have to make sure that this part of the element of our current laws are being sustained and upheld. I think the question…

I generally don't come into the well to give speeches, and I realize our Nation is confronted with very serious issues in different regions of the world, for example, the current crisis in Egypt and the Middle East, our involvement in…

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One of the distinguished things that I always remember that Norm shared with us, the story about being in these relocation camps when they were in their youth, was the nature of how these machine gun nests were being placed within the…

Mr. Speaker, agreeing to Senate Concurrent Resolution 77 will complete legislative branch coverage under the VEOA. The Senate has already covered itself. Thus, qualified veterans who apply for covered positions within the legislative…

Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment and thank my colleague from Louisiana. In fact, it was a high privilege and honor for me to be part of our congressional delegation that visited Vietnam. There were some very serious issues about even…

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Mr. Speaker, there is no question that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the past 60 years, in my opinion, has been something that not only has got the attention of the entire world, it is trying to find a solution to the current issues…