Alcee Hastings

And we have secured the deficit that you created, or maybe it was George Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I appreciate my friend for that. Would the Speaker advise how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings) has 8 minutes remaining.

if we had made one amendment in order, it would have been satisfactory on this side, the one that was offered by my good friend Mr. Nadler, who I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to.

I yield 3 minutes to the most distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), who has advanced this legislation in a meaningful way, whose amendment was not, I repeat, was not allowed.

before we go reforming campaign finance laws and telling those on the outside what they can and cannot do, I think we need to fix up our own house. H.R. 4682 is a comprehensive reform package introduced by Leader Pelosi that is designed to…

My amendment provides that immediately after the House adopts this rule, it will bring up legislation that does two things, undergirding what my good friend, the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. Obey, mentioned in his…

at this particular moment I am privileged to yield such time as he may consume to my good friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), the distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.

I am very pleased and privileged to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) that doubtless has significant wisdom with regard to the matter we are debating.

pretending that we are dealing with the problem is not dealing with the problem. This bill is going nowhere fast, end of story. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

in 20 seconds I put to the Chair a simple question: If this resolution is so simple and noncontroversial, why did it come through the Rules Committee? And is it not true that Mr. Lantos' resolution is also simple, and there was nothing to…

I thank the chairman for not answering my question. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Speaker, to suggest that the Rules Committee respects a deliberative process in this House or that it is somehow democratic or…

Mr. McGovern, my distinguished friend from Massachusetts; my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the State of Washington; and I were in 6 hours of hearings yesterday on something called border security, anti- terrorism, and…

that is Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, not West Palm Beach. Our colleague Mark Foley represents that area, a Republican. I represent Pahokee and Belle Glade, which are also in Palm Beach, and you are talking about no tax base. I just want to…

I am pleased and privileged at this time to yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my colleague on the Committee on Rules. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida for…

I would urge my colleague that just spoke that the many people that I know, and they are numerous in my State and elsewhere that were killed by guns and are advocates against guns, are not fanatics. They are people who are victims of…

as I said at the outset, this is a good bill and I plan to support it, but a good bill could have been made better had amendments of Members in this body on both sides been made in order. We are not the workaholic Congress around here, and…

on the vote on H.R. 3283, I was in the Intelligence Committee when the vote was cast. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

what is a provision protecting the drug companies doing in a bill that is supposed to be about doctors' malpractice premiums? How does this provision ever get into this bill in the first place? My guess is that many of my colleagues who…

I do need to have an explanation. I am not familiar with this process, and I do not know whether there has been an agreement reached, and I am trying to learn the answer to that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Utah has moved…

I kind of question whether a closed rule is fair, but I hear the chairman. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey).

What my colleague from Florida ignores is that we could do something today for those same veterans. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations.

I thank my good friend, from Florida (Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart) for yielding me this time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my significant concerns about the Foreign Operations bill for…

That is my point, reclaiming my time, among others. This is not something that happens frequently. We begin this debate today as patriotic Americans, you and I, Dr. Gingrey, and the other 433 Members, voting Members of the House of…

No, the gentleman does not. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Did the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey) allocate time to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings) or the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns)?

I am convinced of some things: some of my colleagues just do not get it when it comes to human rights. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen).