Alan Grayson

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment, as modified, is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __-- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. __. STATE…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on adoption of the amendment will be followed by 5-minute votes on adoption of a…

It is unreasonable to hold survivors immediately accountable for rectifying difficult financial situations.

Florida has also lost 343 of its sons and daughters in Iraq and Afghanistan - second only to Texas.

Veterans deserve the dignity of gainful employment that provides a standard of living befitting their service to our country.

Unfortunately Florida has lost 343 of its sons and daughters in Iraq and Afghanistan, a number second only to Texas.

This bill would extend mortgage foreclosure protections to the surviving spouses of men and women who are killed while serving in the United States military.

I have three amendments at the desk. These are Grayson Nos. 1, 3, and 4. In view of the late hour, I ask unanimous consent that they be considered en bloc. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Florida…

I speak in favor of the amendment. And I yield to my colleague, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond).

With regard to the first amendment, this amendment is identical to language that was inserted into the Military Construction-VA bill yesterday by a voice vote. It expands the list of parties with whom the Department of Homeland Security…

This amendment strengthens existing provisions in the bill by preventing the award of contracts of money allocated under this bill to offerers or principals of offerers who, within the 3-year period preceding the offer, have been convicted…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: SEC.___. None of the funds made available by…

I urge the Republicans on the other side of the aisle to stop faking it. We have a bill here that deems this, deems that, and deems the other thing. This is a bill that deems that the Environmental Impact Statement required by the National…

And having been lectured endlessly by the other side about the profundity of earmarks, we come across a bill here where, in fact, it's an earmark for a foreign oil corporation. We are issuing to a foreign oil corporation a right-of-way…

Iran continues to ignore international law, and it is moving forward with its nuclear program.

I believe that this amendment would represent a violation of the ex post facto provision in the Constitution.

I think it is a very dangerous precedent to set that we pass a provision that is on its face unconstitutional for the sake of showing an iron will, whatever that may mean.

I think putting this in the bill at this point risks torpedoing the entire bill.

If we simply allow a continuation of the existing volume, then the income to Iran from these oil exports will triple.

I will vote against it if it comes to a vote.

It's not a question of whether I'm willing to. As I indicated before, the two are inextricably linked. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind the gentleman that there are two different questions. One is the merits of the measure…

I stand by what I just said. May I proceed? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed, but the Chair is prepared to rule if the gentleman strays off the course of the question of privilege.

The last words that I just said were that this offends the ``dignity and the integrity of the proceedings'' of the House. This relates directly to the matter before the Chair. May I proceed? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may…

Our solution to addressing that problem is simple. We would say that the sanctions require a reduction not only in the volume of oil but also in the value of oil.

And, frankly, the fact that you would even entertain the possibility that we would put such people in jail in the United States, that we would imprison them in the United States shows that the gentleman may not well understand the Fifth…