I do appreciate the comments of more senior Members of this House. I, obviously, have been here 3 years, and I do appreciate their comments. But I will go back to this. Think about this. The Senate, each Senator represents their whole…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, beginning line 23, strike ``in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month'' and…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. {time} 1000 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Speier The CHAIR. It is now…

One of the most important things that we do in this Congress--and it is a constitutional requirement--is we provide for the common defense of this Nation, to allow things like my good friends on the Democrat side are arguing for in regards…

This is actually talking about difficult questions we have to talk about. This body loves, if the problem isn't immediate, we don't have to worry about it, don't worry about it because it will never happen; but we are being told by…

Thank you, Mr. Woodall. I certainly do appreciate it; and to my colleague from Florida on the other side of the aisle, once again, it is always a pleasure. Mr. Speaker, only in Washington can politicians pat themselves on the back for…

I agree with much of what my colleague from Massachusetts said, particularly as it relates to our involvement in Afghanistan and the Karzai regime. Let me read you some quotes, Mr. Speaker, and let's see who we thought said these quotes…

I need to go back to when I first took the oath of office as a police officer outside of Chicago and then as a deputy sheriff in Florida and then a sheriff in Florida and then here in this body and also when I joined the military. It was…

All I can say, again, is that as it relates to these bills, there was discussion in the hearings and testimony taken to the concept and the ideas behind these bills. Mr. Speaker, we hear about, this is partisan. It doesn't say ``President…

I am ready to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I am urging my colleagues to defeat the previous question. If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to…

I just want to make a couple of things clear. In the Judiciary Committee, they did have two hearings on this. Now, they took some action to bring forward one of these bills based upon the hearings and the testimony that they did have. I…

All I can tell you is that I don't take it as a joke in our defending and protecting the Constitution, which gives us the ability to serve here today. The people gave us the ability to be here based upon what the Constitution laid out for…