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June 26, 2008
There is a reason why there's so much speculation in the oil commodities market, and it is because supply is less than demand. This happens in any commodities market.…
— David Weldon
it is my honor to rise in celebration of the coming 60th anniversary of the creation of the Nation of Israel next month. I have long been a supporter of Israel, and I am proud of the strong bonds that unite Israel with our own Nation. Not…
today I rise to bring to the attention of the House an important new plan that seeks to bridge the longstanding divide between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The plan is titled ``The Right Road to Peace,'' and it is a comprehensive…
earlier today in this body we observed a minute of silence to honor the great life of Henry Hyde, our distinguished former colleague from Illinois. Henry Hyde clearly established himself in America as one of the great defenders of the…
I rise to say while I am pleased with many of the provisions in this bill, and I certainly want to commend the chairman particularly for a hard-fought negotiation with the other body on the issue of getting a toxic substance, mercury, out…
As a physician who practiced medicine for many years prior to coming to the House, I dealt with the issue of the uninsured on a daily basis. Indeed, I used to see it regularly, up close and personal. And certainly I think it is a noble…
I rise today to take the opportunity to recognize the importance to our Nation of what happened 50 years ago today. On October 4, 1957, Russia launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to successfully be placed in orbit around the…
I rise as a supporter of the State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which focuses on covering children in families at or below 200 percent of the poverty level ($41,000 per year). I have voted to extend this program and to…
today I rise to express my view of H.R. 1, The 9/11 Conference Report. I commend the bipartisan group that worked together on this bill, which on balance is a good bill, although I do have reservations about some provisions of the bill…
I believe if is important to explain here and get on the record the substance of these amendments and why they are critical to securing our homeland. My first amendment (No. 14) would have tied funding for the Community Oriented Policing…
I want to commend him and Chairman Mollohan for fully funding the exploration initiative. These are the funds that will allow us to continue to operate the shuttle and as well to continue to develop a replacement for the shuttle. And…
This whole debate is about whether we're going to give contraceptives to Planned Parenthood, Parenthood International, aggressively trying to overturn the pro-life laws in countries all over the world. We have dramatically increased…
I want to commend Chairwoman Lowey for working diligently on this bill. She has produced a fairly good product here, and I want to commend her more for working with Mr. Wolf and myself to address many of our concerns. She has produced a…
This bill before us today entitled the Human Cloning Prohibition Act, is better entitled the 'Human Clone Implantation Prohibition Act.' Essentially what it does is make it a crime to implant a cloned human embryo in the uterus of a woman…
I rise in opposition to price gouging. The good news for Florida consumers is that the state of Florida already has the ability to protect consumers from price gouging. Florida law finds that gouging has occurred when a commodity's price…
while I believe that Government Sponsored Enterprise, GSE, reform is absolutely necessary, I cannot support H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act, in its current form. It is important for Congress to promote home-ownership for…
Mr. Speaker, the Democratic majority pays lip service to their support of religious people and faith-based groups, but now they are here today, in this House, enacting a piece of legislation that I believe is a shot across the bow to all…
I thought freedom was worth fighting for. I thought, when we saw all those Iraqis risk their lives to go and vote and establish a government and establish a Constitution and to have, possibly, freedom of speech, that was something worth…
I thank Chairman Deal for yielding. I want to commend Dr. Roscoe Bartlett. Many of you don't know him as a doctor, but he is a doctor of physiology. He led the charge on this issue beginning over a year ago now. Frankly, I am really…
I want to thank Chairman Barton. And I particularly want to thank the cosponsor of this legislation, Subcommittee Chairman Deal. And I am certainly pleased that this legislation that we introduced passed the Senate unanimously. I fully…
last month Israel was provoked when Hamas terrorists kidnapped Corporal Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier manning a check point. This was an unprovoked act of terror, an act of war against Israel by Hamas, which also controls the…
I rise on the floor to address an issue that will be in the news a great deal next week. The Congress of the United States has debated on and off for quite a few years the issues surrounding new breakthroughs in cellular treatments for a…
I just wanted to give you some specifics. This is a tight budget year, as we all know. And just to cite one of the accounts that this amendment would obviously devastate, we have already reduced the lunar precursor robotics program by $20…
I would be very happy to yield to the distinguished gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan).
the gentleman's amendment increases and decreases the amount for the Department of Commerce's Departmental Management Account. There is no net effect on the funding level of the account. I have no objection to the gentleman's amendment…
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