Alan Grayson

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), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

I wish to be heard to respond to the last comment. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair will hear further argument from the gentleman from Florida.

I wish to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized.

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), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

This amendment is identical to other amendments that have been inserted by voice vote into every appropriations bill that has been considered under an open rule in this Congress. My amendment would expand the list of parties with whom the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 112, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $150,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida…

I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1615

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 Florida will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Gosar

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 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…

Based upon the kind representations of the Chair and based upon the kind representations of the ranking member, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

Would the gentleman agree that the gentleman's principles of guaranteeing a contract to the prison companies can be achieved by simply giving them a certain dollar amount in the contract, which I will concede my amendment does not…

The author of this amendment, namely me, is open to whatever ameliorating second order amendments the gentleman may care to offer. I think we may be on the same wavelength here, and I would not oppose a second order amendment if the…

For avoidance of data, I would like to have the first few words of the amendment read, please. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the Clerk will report the amendment. There was no objection. The Clerk read the amendment. The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new…

Laws have consequences. The scenario that we are describing here is one where a female prisoner is the victim of incest. If this law passes as currently written that female prisoner will be forced to carry to term the child of an…

I would like to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas insists on the point of order that he argued earlier. The gentleman from Florida is recognized on the point of order.

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 54, line 8, after the word ``rape'' add ``or incest''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is…

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 44, line 24, strike ``$3,000,000'' and insert ``$6,000,000''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from…

If, in fact, NATO were to extend itself to Moldova and to Georgia... we start down that slope when we do things like reaffirming the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of countries when we can't guarantee the sovereignty…

I am concerned that we are over-extending ourselves as a country by trying to guarantee the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Moldova and Georgia.

You can't have it both ways.

What the NATO-Russia Council actually does is, among other things, make it less likely that we go to war against Russia.

The NATO-Russia Council has served to help prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons in other countries.

I don't think that we should withdraw from the NATO-Russia Council. I don't think that we should attempt to disband it.