Wendy Sherman

It would have been catastrophic in so many ways that I think we cannot even begin to imagine.

There is no way we are looking the other way.

With your help, Senator, we have the toughest sanctions of any Administration on Iran.

We have stressed with the Chinese the need for restraint in Iran's energy sector by not only slowing down but stopping their activities.

It looks like the only thing Congress is going to do this year about jobs is to ship them overseas. Trade adjustment assistance is being authorized tomorrow, but not a penny is being appropriated tomorrow; and any penny that is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 62, after line 2, insert the following new section: Sec. 609. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Let me begin with a completely irrelevant digression on a completely different matter. Today it was announced that the United States will recognize the Libyan rebels as the legitimate Government of Libya. If that is true, we should make an…

I would just build on the remarks of the ranking member, which the chairman chose to associate himself with, and say if those are speeches against my amendment, I welcome them. I hope those that are listening will not just note on which…

I rise to offer an amendment that is coauthored by Chairman Bachus and by my friend Gregory Meeks from New York. It is a bipartisan and, I hope, noncontroversial amendment. This flood insurance program is usually a partnership between…

I move the adoption of the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman). The amendment was agreed to. {time} 1610 Amendment No. 17…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 57, after line 2, insert the following new section: SEC. 21. FEMA AUTHORITY TO REJECT TRANSFER OF…

I had the Clerk read the amendment to show how short and how simple it is. It simply says that none of the money appropriated in this bill can be used to violate the War Powers Resolution, which is the law of the land found in title 50…

I ask that the Clerk read the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the Clerk will report the amendment. There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The Clerk designated the amendment.

I have said that I would vote for a resolution granting authority to the President if it was appropriately limited and conditioned. I would like to see conditions that require the Benghazi Transitional Government to remove from their midst…

This bill defunds Libya unless authorized specifically by law. If it passes, long before it's passed by the Senate, the President will come to us and ask for authorization, and I, for one, would want to grant limited, conditional…

I have tremendous respect for the gentleman from Colorado, but I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment would cover not only those patent applications that were on file yesterday but, as I understand it, also those that are…

May the Clerk read the amendment? The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the Clerk will report the amendment. There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __…

I join the gentleman from Georgia in opposing this amendment and associate myself with his remarks. The Federal Government is in a different position from a private company having construction done, for two reasons: First, one of the…

I had the Clerk read the amendment because it's a simple one-sentence amendment. It says that none of the money in this act can be used deliberately by the President to violate the law, in particular, the War Powers resolution, often…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.

The Boehner resolution just grudgingly acquiesces to an imperial vision of the Presidency. The Kucinich resolution enforces the War Powers Act and starts us on the War Powers Act process. We owe it to our fighting men and women that when…

The author of this resolution is known for his opposition to the use of American military force, and those who agree with him on foreign policy may well vote for this resolution. In contrast, I have voted for every authorization to use…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I have been here a long time, and I have never come to this floor for the purpose of opposing innocuous resolutions. In fact, I've voted for every piece of innocuous legislation and post office renaming…