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…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to take a couple of minutes to talk about one point. That part of the majority party that is urging the same position I am on this resolution, which is a ``no'' vote, has made the…

I simply would very quickly make the case that the resolution should be voted against for several reasons. Initially, because it improperly invokes a provision of the War Powers Act that's inapplicable. This war was authorized by the U.S…

May I inquire how much time is remaining on the time allotted to me? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 22 minutes remaining.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee.

I would like to ask unanimous consent that 8 of those 22 minutes be yielded to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), who is now controlling the time for the majority on the committee. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

I would like to ask unanimous consent to yield 2 minutes of my remaining time to my chairman, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California…

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. I do appreciate the opportunity to review the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for USAID and MCC.

Even if one accepts the premise of my friend from California, Mr. Rohrabacher, it doesn't explain why we cut disaster assistance in H.R. 1.

The fight against these parasites or rogue sites is difficult, especially when many operate from servers and registrars located outside of the U.S. with the goal of selling pirated material into the U.S.

In investigations you follow the money, which is why many of us have invested time in trying to understand how those involved in the unlawful distribution of trademarked, copyrighted works are able to profit from their crimes.

I think we are focused on trying to do something about it.