Our amazing, time-traveling Supreme Court has truly surprised me this week. It was able to take us back to the 1960s on Tuesday and to step into the 21st century the next day by striking down DOMA. Yesterday's ruling was a long-overdue…

I am very pleased to be here with my colleagues today. I certainly want to thank Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Vela and Mr. Gallego for presenting what we all believe is so critical and so important. It's not just about border communities and…

I certainly want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle because I think we've seen how people can come together on a serious issue like this that really does affect our national security. What's so important about this bill is I…

On rollcall No. 285, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it…

I join my many colleagues today who have spoken out against this outrageous bill. I also want to object to the way that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have brought up H.R. 1797 for consideration. When a bill that affects the…

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Tsongas).

I really respect the gentleman and what he's bringing forward, but the reality is that mandatory minimums have been shown to actually reduce the incidence of reporting. Judges and juries need the ability to decide with discretion and not…

So if this language becomes law, a servicemember could engage in such speech and action for as long as and as much as desired, and a commander could only act against the individual when, say, the first shot was taken. I don't believe that…

I want to thank my colleagues on the committee for working together to bring forward a good bill. My thanks, of course, to Chairman Wilson and to the committee staff for working in a bipartisan manner. The bill contains a multitude of…

Student interest rates are set to double in a little over a month unless Congress stops it, and that's why I rise today in opposition to the Making College More Expensive Act. We should be considering legislation like the one my colleague…

On rollcall No. 140, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the…

I join my colleague, Mr. Peters, and rise to congratulate the remarkable achievement of San Diego's very own High Tech High robotics team. This past week, the team participated in the largest and more prestigious school robotics world…