It is my privilege to be recognized by you and address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, this great deliberative body. General Leave

I thank the gentleman from Kansas, but I would ask if he will yield to a question before he retires. You mention your constitutional amendment to preserve marriage between a man and a woman. I would ask if you would be prepared to, if you…

I would like to reiterate this point that as you debated this in Kansas, I am one of the authors of the Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act. Ours says differently than I think all the other States. All the other States say marriage is between…

I appreciate the opportunity to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives and being recognized. I have been listening to this debate over the last week or so, and it has troubled me considerably to watch divisions being…

I come to the floor tonight to take up a topic that I think is going to be of interest to all Americans, but I can't dive into that topic immediately without first referencing my reaction to these long days of debate that have taken place…

I thank the fine gentleman from Florida for his presentation, his understanding of this, and his conviction on constitutional issue after constitutional issue, including reminding us this is a constitutional republic that we live in. I…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Texas. I appreciate his presentation here tonight and the many times and many hours that he has spent on the floor. I also would say for the record that the gentleman from Texas, Judge Louie…

I will now shift over to the topic that I came to the floor to address, and that is the topic of the Supreme Court from the marriage decision, the decisions that actually came down from the Supreme Court--I believe it was a week ago last…

They understand that in Kansas, they understand that in Iowa, and I suspect they understand that in Florida. As I look over, I see the gentleman from Florida--I am looking at two doctors here--the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho). I thank…

It raises my curiosity, Ms. Trujillo, when you talked about some of the aid being siphoned off in Africa.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate this hearing, and I appreciate the witnesses.

If we ensure that the people that are taking anti-retroviral drugs also have access, especially to high protein food, then the drugs are effective.

I am also interested: is there essentially a holistic view of this, particularly in Africa...

Sometimes someone will come up with a very good idea and make it more efficient.

The testimony by Ms. Trujillo indicated instances of commodities being stolen in East Africa.

That's an appalling thing to me, and this Congress rose up and rejected that decision.

I believe that it struck three words out of the Fifth Amendment, 'for public use.'

It did not trouble me and it does not trouble me if I see a residential home sitting in the middle of an asphalt parking lot at a shopping mall out of respect to the Fifth Amendment and the property rights.

On rollcall No. 375, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

I thank Chairman Ryan for yielding, and I also thank him for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I would point out three things: trade promotion authority needs to pass, TAA needs to pass, and the customs bill needs to pass. Those…

I thank the chairman. We expect the President to abide by the provisions in it. We will follow through on our part of this bargain, if not. And this Congress has an opportunity to veto. So what a wonderful thing it is to go into a trade…

I thank the chairman for yielding and for leading on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I just would remark that wine has informed the meat debate several times here today, and I am glad of that. I rise in support of this legislation to repeal these…

This amendment addresses the circumstances around the trade promotion authority and later on, perhaps, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but it also addresses any of our trade negotiations that might take place that would be funded under this…

I would just reiterate that the President of the United States has signed a document. It is a November 20 document that says that he is going to impose executive amnesty. This House disagrees. Many in the Senate also disagree. They have…

I would reiterate this point, that this Congress and a lot of the American people lack confidence in the negotiations of our President. A lot of this angst has flowed forth from the Iranian negotiations and their march towards a nuclear…