Patricia Schroeder: “Could I ask the gentleman another question? I think it is good to clear the airways that are cluttered with a lot of…”

Mr. Speaker, I think what we have just heard in this colloquy is why we ought to vote against this rule and get this bill out of here. We hear about cruel and unusual punishment, but this is going to be cruel and outrageous legislation…

I must say, for me this is a very sad day, because if my colleagues really believe we need the best government money can buy, they must be thrilled. Let me put this in some kind of context. My average campaign contribution when I first got…

I want to tell you, I really admire this woman astronaut. We put her up in space and we seem to forget to bring her back. This poor soul has been trapped up in space for a very long time. Now it appears that the hurricane is delaying…

I have always thought it was a shame that we had not done more on energy independence so we did not have to be in the Gulf anyway. One of the problems we have is we are not defending great democracies. I have been very upset about how the…