I just want to thank my colleague, Congressman Cardenas, for bringing everyone together to support immigration reform and in recognition of Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week. From Angel Island to Ellis Island, from…

I regret that I am unable to be in Washington, DC today to cast a vote on H.R. 1765, The Reducing Flight Delays Act. When House Republicans refused to compromise on tax and spending issues and raising the statutory debt limit, the Budget…

I want to thank my friend, Dr. Ami Bera, for allowing me to speak for a few minutes. Mr. Speaker, we are here today to dispel the oft repeated notion that Medicare is somehow the problem in the current fiscal crisis. Republicans have, in…

Thank you, Madam Chair. I, too, rise today with a heavy heart to honor and to remember Senator Dan Inouye. On December 17, 2012, the State of Hawaii, our Nation, the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and all champions of social…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart but with great admiration that I rise today to remember and to thank my departing California Democratic colleagues whose service will be concluded at the end of the 112th…

I am pleased to rise in support of an important provision that is included in this Continuing Resolution. This provision will enable the collection of essential information that we have long sought to make determinations about whether…

Next week marks the launch of the 19th International AIDS Conference. It brings together advocates and leaders from all over the world. The conference's presence in the United States for the first time in 20 years is a testament to the…

I, too, would like to add my thanks to the leadership, specifically to Chairman Lamar Smith. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 683, a resolution expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of laws…

The passage of anti-Chinese laws illustrates the xenophobic hysteria of this country's shameful chapter of exclusion. We cannot vilify entire groups of people--we learned that--because it is politically or economically expedient. {time}…

Thank you for yielding. I won't need the full 2 minutes because I think that the proponent, Congressman Holt, has done an excellent job in expressing our sentiment about the importance of the pocket Constitution. I appreciate the chairman…

This amendment would cut the funding level of the Congressional Research Service by $878,000, returning it to the 2012 level. He said that he's not doing anything to harm it because it's the same level as last year, but everybody knows…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Holt The CHAIR. It is now in order to…