I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as…

Yes. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?

My amendment is simple. It would increase $10 million in funding to the Customs and Border Protection salaries and expense account and decrease funding of the National Bio and Agro- Defense Facility by S&T for $24,250,000 in order to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Higgins

I think it is time that we begin to allow Americans to ease off their dependence of oil and give them a real alternative. Every day, we see the damage done by our dependence on oil. We see high gas prices threatening our economic recovery…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 20, line 15, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $50,000,000)''. Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Broun of Georgia

Thank you to the chairman and the ranking member for bringing this bipartisan bill forward that I think will have such great support. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title IV (page 21, after line 2), add the following new section: SEC. 405. CIVIL LIBERTIES…

I also want to start out by thanking Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger for bringing forward this bipartisan bill, and I am echoing I think what everyone is feeling today, that I think it's important for the American people…

Last October, on the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, I visited Arlington West--a moving memorial to Americans who have died in that war. Every Sunday, on the sands of Santa Monica Beach, volunteers have put up a cross for every…

Today the House will consider a bill entitled the ``Violence Against Women Act.'' This bill, however, does very little to stop violence or protect women. Instead of continuing the tradition of coming together in a bi- partisan manner to…