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Which is good and as American as apple pie and Chevy trucks and what have you. But I think it is important that we say this out loud, because when we get around budget time, there is a lot of interesting things that are said on the floor…
Put me in, Coach. The Heartland of America, East Coast, Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green Party, thinking about voting, now voting. You do it, we will make it happen, and it is happening. So you have some that come to the floor and…
You and Mr. Ryan are members of the powerful Appropriations Committee; and, today, watching Mr. Obey, the chairman, and seeing what he was able to do in moving this continuing resolution, which is the appropriations act which funds the…
It is no problem at all. Clarification is very, very important in this process. And the Republican leadership seems to continue to have a problem with the bipartisan spirit that is in the Chamber now, because in the last Congress that…
I don't put a lot of value in folks coming down to the floor sharing inaccurate information. And it is very unfortunate, because one thing that I can say here of the 30-something Working Group, we actually meet off the floor and we make…
Mr. Murphy, I can tell you right now that a number of those issues that we have been talking about over the last couple of 30-Something hours that we have had here on the floor, and we thank the Democratic leadership for allowing us to…
If I was thinking of the Iraq issue solely as a political issue, it would be let us go to the floor... we have this war going on and we have young men and young women. You have a lot of Reservists that are there that are 40, 50 years old…
Reclaiming my time, the bottom line is, Ms. Brown, that we have the responsibility to govern here. The President is the executive. He is the Commander in Chief. He was given the authority by the Congress, even though there were many votes…
I was kind of paying attention to the room last night when the President said, ``Give my plan a chance to work.'' Now, if you kind of look on the gauge of who stands up for that or who claps for it, I can tell you that it was lukewarm on…
We can do it together. And I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, that it can be done. Let's just put it this way: It is the new direction versus more of the same. There are Members of Congress that are saying that they are on board on the new…
The real issue here is, gentlemen, even before I have an opportunity to get a copy of the President's speech... there has to be a discussion. And it has to be open-ended, Mr. Murphy. He needs to say, Listen, I have this health care…
let me just say that this piece of legislation is an outstanding bipartisan piece of work. I know that it has bipartisan support, something that is going to help the private sector and be able to help us move forward in securing America. I…
I am glad just to echo what everyone else is saying about this outstanding day on the floor of the House of Representatives. The thing that I have been dwelling on in the last segment of the 30 Something Working Group is the fact that we…
Thank you so very much. You can say I am from Georgia at least once. Let me just say this: It is the same media market that you are in with Mr. Ryan. I was listening. Like, for instance, here is an actual pump of ExxonMobil. Here is E-85…
And I just, again, as we go along, because, Mr. Speaker, I am just going to keep saying the same thing because the last 109th Congress, the gentleman from Connecticut and the gentleman from Pennsylvania and Ohio, we pulled this chart out…
Let me just say the fact that in the 30- Something Working Group we are so glad that not only have the gentlewoman from New York, but also the gentleman from Connecticut and also from Pennsylvania joining us, and of course Mr. Ryan from…
Let me just say in closing, it is an honor being joined here by my colleagues here in the House. And I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, even when I first came here to this House of Representatives, the good thing about being a Member of this…
Today, Mr. Speaker, we had a vote on the College Student Relief Act, and I am proud to say that not only did we have every Democratic Member that was in attendance today voting for it, but we also had 124 Republicans that voted for it…
Well, you are 110 percent right. I am so glad you mentioned this faith in government and the opinion prior to the election. We would watch the news, and they would talk about the American public and what they thought about the Congress…
It is nothing like, and I just keep breaking this down to what my cousin would understand, who has nothing to do with government. There is nothing like being a Member of Congress and telling people what you would do if you had the…
Dr. King brought the civil rights movement to every living room in this country. He marched for freedom in the face of unspeakable racial prejudice, yet preached a message of nonviolence, civility, and tolerance. It took Dr. King's…
There is so much going on right now that is working on behalf of the American people. There are some Members of the minority party that feel that they need to come to the floor and raise objection to that, with the blessings of the…
Thank you so much, Ms. Jackson-Lee. I know that many Members of Congress hopefully on both sides of the aisle will be joining you during your special order in recognition of the contributions of Dr. King and the entire King family…
Thank you so very much. I am glad you came to the floor to share that. There is nothing like a representative of the American people that the Republican minority seems to be so concerned about all of a sudden, sharing misinformation, that…
Okay. A 33-year-old senior moment. I just wanted to mention something real quick that I think is important. There is going to be a lot of talk tomorrow. We are going to do some good legislation. We have stem cell research that is coming…
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