If I might interrupt you for a second, there are those that would claim that this place is also a windy Chamber.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on the passage of…

But then you do not have to provide the insurance, do you, if you do not like what they are doing?

Mr. Chairman, thank you for scheduling this afternoon's hearing to update the subcommittee on the progress made by the administration, the international governments, and nongovernment partners in dealing with the issue of piracy.

Many questions come up here. I do thank all of you for your testimony and particularly for the success that you have had in dampening down the piracy, particularly in Somalia, and I suspect you will soon find similar success in the Gulf of…

I thought that might be the case. As a former insurance commissioner, I learned that the availability or the unavailability of insurance is a high motivator.

Thank you for the opportunity to address an empty House, but perhaps a few are watching C-SPAN. We've just heard a fascinating 4-hour discussion on economic policy. A fundamental part of our work here in Congress is to set the economic…

how could that be, since those are 200 troops that specifically provide support for the Global Hawk program?

I happen to represent Beale, and I am mightily concerned about this, since it is contradictory to what we had intended to have happen.

George Washington and Alexander Hamilton at the very start of this Nation said, Build the infrastructure. Grow the economy.

We can use that again. The President has put it out there, too. In his State of the Union speech he spoke very clearly to the advanced manufacturing centers that you talked about, Mr. Ryan. He talked about infrastructure. He's made…

They think it's welfare. Well, these are seniors and disabled people that can't work, or people that are retired. So, what does it mean? It slashes that budget for seniors that provides them with nursing homes. Principally, these folks are…