Kendrick Meek

Thank you. A Doug Flutie Hail Mary pass when the clock has now hit almost 0:00 and trying to sensationalize a speech or just saying that, well, I will just say this even though it is not true. I know it is not true. And we even have…

Mr. Ryan, I want to say that Ms. Wasserman Schultz is going to get an opportunity to go through her homeland security piece when we are on the floor again. I want to encourage members to go on HouseDemocrats.gov and get a copy of the real…

it is an honor coming before the House once again, and I must say that I am excited about being here tonight. It is another great day in this great country of ours. And as you know, the 30-something Working Group, we come to the floor to…

Mr. Ryan, I don't give the President total credit for all of this. He couldn't do it by himself. You have to have a rubber stamp Congress to give you full power, full power to be able to take the country down the track it has gone down…

the bottom line is over at the Department of Defense, it is almost like having what they call a 501(c)(3), kind of a community group that goes out and does good on behalf of the community. You go out and you pick board members to be on…

But we left, and now we have commanders on the ground in Afghanistan saying, we are losing ground now. We need help now. But guess what, Madam Speaker? War number two, that has nothing to do with the war on terror but now has become a war…

And, Mr. Delahunt, as we close here, I believe Ms. Wasserman Schultz is going to claim that next hour so we will continue. Democrats, we call for the redeployment, a number of Members and some Republicans, redeployment of U.S. troops. Due…

I include for the Record the Wall Street Journal article previously referred to: [From the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 7, 2006] Bush and Lincoln (By Newt Gingrich) Washington.--Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our…

If we can focus on this picture here, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, you raised a very good question, because when Mr. Ryan and I went to Iraq, we went through the whole Saddam Hussein parade area where they have the podium, usually he would have…

Mr. Ryan, you may want to suspend for a minute. You may want to switch. I do not think that you have what you need to have.

I just want to say it is outstanding what you pointed out, but I really do like what the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs do in my local area. I just want you to know that. We have a very strong Rotary in my area, Opelika Rotary, doing a very…

We got ``they'' from Mr. Gingrich, because that is what he is calling the Republican majority now, ``they.'' {time} 2240

And they are going back and training. I am going to yield to you, Mr. Delahunt, but I know it is hard because this stuff is so much in the face of the American people, but we want to make sure that we break it down. But let me just make…

If I can, Mr. Delahunt, I am on the Homeland Security Committee, as you know, Oversight Integration Management Subcommittee, which I am serving as the ranking member on, and I am also on the Armed Services Committee. And I wonder, these…

Mr. Ryan, let me say this in closing, because I know the hour is coming to a close. And I guess the only thing that I could possibly say here is that the facts are there. We have the real security plan that is out there. We have a great…

When I get back to my district, I am going to become a member of the Rotary Club, because I do have a pin. Let me just say very quickly that this whole issue of the homeland security, and what we do and what they haven't done, when I say…

A thousand. Okay. I am glad you corrected me, because we want to make sure we give facts, not fiction. I think it is important, Mr. Speaker, that we make an important note here, and I am asking the Members and the American people, Mr…

I used to be a Boy Scout Troop leader in Scott Homes some years back in Miami. But those little girls were at the foot of the steps taking pictures of the front of this Capitol of the United States, the Capitol of our great country. And…

Well, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, I talk to my constituents, and I talk to the American people that are walking through the halls of Congress. You know, this is the summertime, Mr. Speaker, and, as you know, we have a number of visitors that…

can you clarify what is vulgar or profane? Just an inquiry of the Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will be pleased to consult off the record on that question. ____________________

Mr. Ryan, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, this is what Republicans are saying. I mean, making history in all the wrong ways. Ms. Wasserman Schultz and I will be back at 11:32 for the last hour here tonight. We hope that you gentlemen…

Let me just say this very quickly before I yield to Ms. Wasserman Schultz here. A Washington Post editorial on Tuesday, July 25, which is today, A14, this is an editorial, Mr. Speaker, and I am just going to read the first paragraph, maybe…

Mr. Delahunt, I just wanted to say really quickly that it is important that we point out, you have got one, two, three, and I am four Members of Congress. We have friends on the majority side of the aisle. We see them every day. We have…

Thank you for sharing that, because that is so very, very important. It is going to be the issue of tomorrow and today. I mean, when we get into after the 12 o'clock hour. Mr. Ryan, I think it was important, and Mr. Delahunt brought up…

Mr. Ryan, referring back to the chart, we are talking about $230 billion on the debt. And I am looking at education there on that chart, and you can stack three of those charts, the education dollars investment beside the debt and you…