I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute. Mr. McDERMOTT. Americans can't stomach this Republican hypocrisy anymore. And I sincerely hope that when the unemployed go to vote in this election, they remember the attitude of the…

I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute. Mr. McDERMOTT. We will be back here on June 1 going through this same charade all over again. We will hear about the terrible budget deficits. But the people who are unemployed and can't buy…

I yield myself 30 seconds. Once again, the party of ``no'' has spoken. Every jobs bill that has come before us they have voted ``no.'' When the President came to power, we were losing 779,000 jobs a month. The last month we gained 162,000…

Mr. Speaker, I now yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, actually, this issue can be stated very succinctly, very briefly and, I think, very compellingly. We now have 6\1/2\ million unemployed workers who have been…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Levin moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House…

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the House of today, I call up the bill (H.R. 4851) to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and ask for its immediate…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 4851) to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendment thereto, and…

Mr. President, today I am introducing the Harbor Maintenance Act, a bill with bipartisan and multi-regional support that would help ensure that funds deposited into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund would be used for their intended…

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 289, noes 112, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No. 211] AYES--289 Ackerman Aderholt Adler (NJ) Altmire…

Mr. President, it is unfortunate that this vote comes today and not 2 weeks ago. While we delayed taking action, thousands of people in my state, and millions across the country, worried that these benefits, benefits that provide a thin…

Madam Speaker, I rise to join so many of my House colleagues in mourning the loss of President Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Maria Kaczynska, who died last Saturday in a plane crash in western Russia along with dozens of other…