Cliff Stearns

With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns). The amendment was agreed to.

I thank the gentleman for his suggestions. I am just going to go with my amendment at this point. Having an opportunity to look this over, I think we have talked to the veterans committee, and we think it is a viable amendment. I think…

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 by this Act…

I'll close using such time as I may consume to say: This is a very important bill. Mr. Turner just touched on something that I think I want to bring up again. This, the language in this bill, has passed the House on seven separate…

I want to promote the unified, bipartisan message against international regulation of the Internet.

We should give advantage in the job market for these people either through tax credits...

The bottom line is veterans, almost 200,000, are not getting serviced.

I think just simply lowering the corporate tax code and prioritizing the need for a skilled workforce would help.

I'd just say that the 50 State laws are not allowing a physician to help. He has to mop the floors. I yield 45 seconds to Mr. Franks from Arizona. He's chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Conyers, the point is this is a Federal disaster, and a Federal disaster like Katrina, in which the Federal Government is involved, you want to have a bill that's a Federal bill.

The one thing I would say to the gentleman, this is not unlimited. As I pointed out, there are provisions to allow for stipulations. I yield 1 minute to the cosponsor on the Democrat side, Mr. Matheson from Utah.

We continue to evaluate the effect the law has on individuals, the health care industry and the United States government.

It is fairly obvious what those effects are: number one, higher cost, higher premiums, and increased government control.

It has been 2 years since the health care law was forced on the American people on a purely partisan basis.

I believe that prescriptive top-down government mandates are not only unnecessary but they simply will not work.

Among her top priorities is strengthening penalties to stop pill mills in the Sunshine State.

It seems to me that we can solve as Members of Congress with money to the administration.

My colleagues, this legislation simply guarantees citizens' constitutional rights as affirmed by two Supreme Court cases, D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago, which simply ruled the Second Amendment is an individual right. This bill…

The United States can't compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines.

I think you made a very excellent point that that's--how Mr. Chu used the law was not how it was intended.

The CLASS Act as a 'Ponzi scheme of the first order,' as the gentleman from Pennsylvania mentioned when he was quoting him, 'the kind of thing that Bernie Madoff would have been proud of.'

Had grave concerns that the real effect of the CLASS Act would be to create a new Federal entitlement program with large, long-term spending increases that far exceed the revenues.

It is too much spending. And I suspect that he wishes to continue this program in light of the fact that it is going to be a budget buster.

The obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinated to other financing.

First of all, let me say to my colleague from New Hampshire that you weren't here when it was passed. I am sure glad as heck that you're here today to provide this legislation and give respectful oversight to the taxpayers and help them…