Howard Berman

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to my friend and partner in so many of these efforts, the gentlelady from New York, the ranking member of the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee of Appropriations, Mrs. Lowey.

The Speaker of the House has made some very legitimate points, but then his conclusion is so contrary to the points he made. The proposition before us today, Mr. McClintock is right, it is an authorization of a series of acts of…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 123, noes 295, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 493] AYES--123 Ackerman Altmire Baca Barrow Bass (CA) Berkley Berman…

Would you inform us as to the amount of time remaining on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 5 minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Florida has 3 minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlelady from Texas, Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to a gentleman with the opposite view of this issue than I have, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).

How much time is remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass of New Hampshire). The gentleman from California has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from Florida has 6 minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott.) (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the President's…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I am pleased to yield 90 seconds to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee. (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks).

I inquire of the amount of time remaining for all of the managers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 11 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Ohio has 13\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Florida has…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would like to respond to my friend's arguments. I agree with every word he said except that this is a manifestation of the Congress exercising its authority. This is an abdication of Congress exercising its authority, because nowhere in…

I think it's important to get the record straight on what we're doing and what we're not doing. ``No boots on the ground'' did not come because of this resolution we are considering now. This was the decision of the President, the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. BERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks).

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

Just in closing our time in the debate, I would take up Mr. Kucinich's comments. If you think there has been an inappropriate abuse of power here, voting for the Boehner resolution does not cure that. But the Constitution doesn't say the…

I have to say it boggles my mind how we can argue one minute about whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan or authorize the use of force in Libya and in the next minute seek to eliminate the one U.S. government institution that is…

The Republican budget cuts the President's 2012 request for international affairs by $20 billion. That's 39 percent of the amount in diplomacy and development outside of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. While diplomacy and development…