I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California for calling this Special Order to give us the opportunity to join in a bipartisan way to celebrate and pay tribute to what would be the 100th birthday…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I thank her and you, Mr. Chairman, for bringing this resolution to the floor to name a Federal courthouse in Yuma, Arizona, for John M. Roll. It will be called the ``John M. Roll United States…

Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the passing of our dear colleague Congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania. I rise to pay tribute to him. He was a giant of this Chamber, a legislator of unsurpassed talents, a soldier of extraordinary…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Thank you for your leadership, Mr. Brady, and participating in this important discussion, as fundamental as our democracy, on the floor today. Mr. Chair, I rise today to urge this Congress to focus on…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, today a bill has come to the floor to repeal patients' rights, to put insurance companies back in charge of the health of the American people, and to balloon the deficit. Yesterday, in the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and extend my condolences to him, Mr. Pastor, the senior member of the Arizona delegation, and to all of the members of the Arizona delegation. Madam Speaker, I am saddened, greatly saddened, to join the…

``Article I, section 1: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''

It is a high honor to welcome all Members of Congress and their families to the House of Representatives. To the new Members and their families, a special congratulations and welcome to you. We all wish you great success. Congratulations…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to briefly congratulate and thank the Members of the New York delegation and others who helped bring this legislation to the floor in a strong bipartisan way: Congresswoman Maloney, Congressman…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his kind words. More especially, I thank him for his great leadership. Few people who have served in this Congress and outside the Congress have done more to promote that ``science, science…

I rise, not to talk about the continuing resolution that is before us, but in praise of the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), the chair of the Appropriations Committee. And this, hopefully, will be the last piece of legislation, not…

I thank the chairman for yielding and I commend him and Ranking Member, soon-to-be Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for giving us this opportunity to address the resolution presented by our chairwoman, Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who chairs…