John Rice Carter

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I hear what you're saying about these good programs that are being cut and reduced. And if this actually put money in the pockets of those programs, it would be one thing. But the facts are that the cuts…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 8127 (page 122, lines 6 through 9), relating to military musical units. The Acting CHAIR…

NOAA is the Weather Bureau. They're the weather folks who are studying this thing. They've got $5.6 billion to study it. I'm not asking for the world. If you'll recall, the last time you all were in charge, you took a spy satellite or two…

So there is more than one person for sure, and if it is so negligible and of no consequence----

I may have misunderstood Mr. Price; but I believe he said there was one person who had gone to the meeting of the task force, which included FEMA and the Coast Guard. Is that what you said?

I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule states in pertinent part: an amendment to a…

I continue to reserve my point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman continues to reserve his point of order. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his amendment.

I make a point of order against the amendment because it provides an appropriation for an unauthorized program and therefore violates clause 2 of rule XXI. Clause 2 of rule XXI states in pertinent part: ``An appropriation . . . may not be…

I must insist upon my point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.

I reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her amendment.

I understand the gentlelady's argument, and I am sympathetic; but I must insist upon my point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.

I reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California for 5 minutes in support of her amendment.

The great surge in the cost of gasoline that we were just talking about, that surge was the result of basically two things. You named one of them. The other one was they had a small fire in an Illinois refinery, but the speculators look…

It's because of those new jobs that were created by this marvelous find in Pennsylvania.

If my friend would yield just for a minute, what is the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania right now?

I don't know how much time is left, but I yield to my good friend, the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black).

Reclaiming my time, I now yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Hayworth).

It tells me that they are marching in route step to the commands of the majority leader, Harry Reid. And unfortunately, we didn't get elected to march route step in that fashion. We got elected, Senators included, to make decisions that…

And I thank you very much for those comments. I want to point out that I have here the Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011. Mr. Gohmert is the cosponsor of this, along with Jack Kingston. I was worried about Louie. He was here a…

These regulations should be looked at by this House if they are available to be looked at. Of course, some of these may be long since on the books before we had this tool to examine regulations as they come out. But still, it is good for…

I can understand that. So if I am a potential employer who wants to build a factory and that is one of the places I might look at, I look at this and say wait a minute, I can buy the land, build my building, and then here comes the Corps…

This is the town, here, which they are going to go in and condemn basically all of the town?

I'm sure there have got to be some people that are listening to this who want to say, Did he really say ``regulate dust''?

One of the things government doesn't do well is reward good behavior. It does pretty well at punishing bad behavior but isn't so good at regarding good behavior.