Charles Norwood: “It is a pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson), another of our subcommittee…”

I just want to mention to my colleague that 43 of the people you had testify were 43 people who came in to justify what you had done in H.R. 9. Everybody has been here long enough to know how you set up hearings. There were three people in…

Of course our amendment does not do that. It simply applies to every jurisdiction in the country equally, equal protection under the law. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal).

Though I was absent on Wednesday, November 9, 2005, for medical reasons, I wish to have my intended votes recorded in the Congressional Record for the following votes: Rollcall vote 577 on H. Res. 539--``aye''; rollcall vote 578 on H. Res…

It doesn't promote anybody's best interests to be so unreasonable that you put these people -- these miners out of work. That's not good for them.