Jack Kingston: “it is great to be here. And I am always so proud to have an opportunity to come down on the floor of the United States…”

“it is great to be here. And I am always so proud to have an opportunity to come down on the floor of the United States Congress and have an opportunity to debate topics of the day, and I do so with great respect to anybody who has the opposing view. Madam Speaker, I notice my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) is here. Maybe he is going to join in. He is going to be talking about aviators later on. I do want to say a few comments on a number of topics. One of the things I want to talk about this Miguel Estrada nomination is, I think, it is ironic that here we are, we have the guy who has been rated was one of the most highly qualified by the American lawyers, by the American Bar Association. Here is a guy who graduated from Harvard magna cum laude, editor of the Law Review. He has argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court, and yet our Democrat colleagues and liberal colleagues are so offended by his success that they are holding him up in the face of war, troops overseas, national security, and economy that is in the tank. How absurd is it, Madam Speaker? I wanted to give you this. The liberal Democrats over in the Senate have objected and we want to give you some hours, 6 hours of debate was not enough. That was on February 6. So they went to 8 hours. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair must remind Members to avoid improper references to the Senate.”