Lois Frankel

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 424, strike line 17 and all that follows through page 426, line 24. Page 428, line 20…

I think you are just hearing some frustration.

This mess in Syria and the Middle East is not the fault of our President.

I thank Mr. Engel, Mr. Smith, and my colleagues on the anti-Semitism Taskforce. Mr. Speaker, Susanne Winter, a member of the Austrian Parliament from the extreme rightwing Freedom Party of Austria, received the following post on her…

Here we go again. Today, we saw the Republicans' latest attempt to punish Planned Parenthood, one of the Nation's premier healthcare organizations, only because it provides an array of services, including legal abortions. Mr. Speaker, at…

I found our trip to Ukraine was very enlightening, and really highlighted the necessity for the free and fair elections in order for Ukraine to regain its civility.

The rise of anti-Semitic incidents throughout Europe in recent years is deeply troubling.

This is probably the most horrific humanitarian crisis of our generation.

We will pay the penalty. Our children will pay the penalty if we ignore this.

I am the proud mother of a United States Marine war veteran, and our family is blessed he returned home with sound body and mind, but too many of our courageous heroes did not. October 5 marks the 1-year anniversary of the dedication of…

I applaud the President for trying a diplomatic settlement. I believe in a diplomatic settlement.

Fifteen seconds. That is how long a child who lives near the Gaza Strip in Israel has to take cover when a missile is shot into their city.

I am not sure what we can do. I am going to--I want to follow up on Mr. Trott's questions, but I know one thing. We cannot turn our back on this.

If a new site emerges in this?

I know we all agree Iran should not get a nuclear weapon, and my approach is just to try to take a non-partisan, objective scrutiny of this, because it is so monumental.

It would put the most dangerous weapon in the hands of the world's foremost sponsor of terror.

This debate is personal to me. I watched my son Ben, then a proud United States marine, being sent off to two wars, Afghanistan and Iraq. My family was blessed; he returned safely. Both sides of the aisle know the price of the battle: too…

And the reason I raise it, is I think part of the frustration for those of us who are trying to see projects move along is that when there is new leadership, there is a learning curve.

So I think what you are saying is that the main purpose of these district commanders are to--is for their own personal development and their career, which means, really, that I guess, your civilian force is running the operation.

Time is money and the big ships are going to start passing Port Everglades by if they are not able to move on this.

I want to thank you all for your service. And I associate myself with Mr. Webster's remarks in regards to the Everglades and also give you my thanks.

The intracoastal down in south Florida is primarily used for recreational uses--500,000 recreational vessels annually with almost a $12 billion economic impact, 66,000 jobs.

The port in Broward would be a very good example for you to move on.

I just want to start by thanking Mr. Shuster and Mr. DeFazio for their bipartisan leadership. I am going to vote for this 2-month extension for the highway trust fund in order to avoid a shutdown of America's transit building and repair…

Are you required by law to take the cheapest bid? Or do you look to see what is the best quality?