I thank my colleague from Hawaii, one of the other small States. I know you're a delegation of two; we're a delegation of one. I represent the whole State of Delaware. I tell my constituents that we have two Senators and one Member of…

Oh, I absolutely got that sense. And people that I talked to--Democrats, Republicans, it really didn't matter what party affiliation they had--were pretty fed up with what they had seen in the whole debt ceiling debacle, not so much the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 501 the following new section: SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PRIORITY OF RAILWAY…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Delaware will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 8 will not be offered…

In closing, I would like to thank the chair. I appreciate his position on this. I thank him for not officially opposing it and ask for support from everyone in the Chamber. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on…

Our Nation is lurching towards an August 2 deadline to avoid defaulting on the national debt. If Congress doesn't act, the United States will face an economic calamity that could easily have been prevented. If we don't raise the debt…

This week the Democratic and Republican caucuses met with President Obama to discuss the need to increase the debt ceiling. The President said we need to raise the debt ceiling soon, and I agree. Defaulting on our debt is not an option for…

I certainly thank the gentleman and appreciate his comments and certainly respect his expertise. But I can't imagine that the intelligence agencies aren't, as they're doing their activities-- intelligence activities overseas--aren't…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Delaware will be postponed. {time} 1620

I would just like to add a few more things before finishing up here. Between 2004 and 2008, there were 500 terrorist attacks waged worldwide against mass transit and passenger rail targets, resulting in over 2,000 deaths and over 9,000…

Over the past week, officials have announced that preliminary intelligence gathered from Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout shows that al Qaeda had been plotting a terrorist attack on our Nation's rail system. While roughly 1.7 million…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following new title: TITLE V--OTHER MATTERS SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING…

How much time do I have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Delaware has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I would just like to add that I listened to the gentleman and I appreciate his comments. I listened to his remarks earlier on the previous amendment, and he said that the intelligence agencies spend all their time, every waking hour…

I have the great pleasure today of recognizing a very special Delawarean who recently celebrated his 90th birthday. Charles P. West is one of a kind who served our State and Nation with distinction as a soldier, legislator, businessman…

On rollcall No. 300, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Stated against:

On rollcall No. 189, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Point of Order

My amendment is simple and straightforward. It would eliminate funding for the $50 million oil and gas research and development program funded through the Department of Energy's fossil energy R&D account. This cut, which the President also…

My point is that the industry itself is doing this research and development and should do it without a Federal subsidy. I mentioned the full-page ad in today's edition of The Hill newspaper, which says that they are doing this. We…

Article IV, section 1: ``Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records…

Thank you, Mr. Kanjorski, the new dean. I know that is probably a hard title to accept now under these circumstances. It's interesting, I was listening to Mr. Larson speak, and I truly wish that every American had the opportunity to be in…

H.R. 553 is a bipartisan fix to a decades-old problem that will only get worse if we don't act now. I urge passage of this essential legislation.

I submit you would probably increase your Northeast ridership if you would tap into the Northeast part of Pennsylvania, frankly.

This is a larger question for all of us to ponder: How do we change the culture in this country so people want to get on a train again?

We want to see that come on line as quickly as possible.