This amendment, this second King amendment, addresses the Morton memos, and he would be the director of ICE, and he is quite well known for the memos that unfolded that are known as the Morton memos. There are three of them. These memos…

I have a King amendment at the desk, 322. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made…

Just quickly in closing, I would point out that we got along fine without this executive order up until the year 2000, and we'll get along fine without this executive order after the year 2012. The assimilation component of this doesn't…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

My amendment addresses Executive Order 13166. That was an executive order that was issued in August of 2000 that directed our Federal agencies to provide foreign-language services to anyone who might seek to engage with the American…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I would point out that the Morton memos, in effect, provide administrative amnesty potentially for millions. I reserve the balance of my time.

This is the Davis-Bacon Act amendment. And for everyone's information, Mr. Chairman, it's this: The Davis-Bacon Act was an act that was signed into law on or about 1932. It was generated in New York to lock the African Americans out of the…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 3 minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Jordan

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. 519. None of the funds made available by this…

In response to that I would say again I have worked in this trade for a lifetime, I have been in the room. I know how this works. This is union scale imposed through the Department of Labor. It is not prevailing wage. There is a study I…

I appreciate the gentleman's work in putting the statement together, but as someone who has lived this 30 years, I don't accept this statement on its face, and I can tell you that my hands-on experience tells me something entirely…

I offer this amendment, which strikes a million dollars out of the Fish and Wildlife account and it inserts $571,429 into the Reserve Maintenance account. So it is a net savings of $428,571, which would go to deficit reduction. But my…

As always it's my privilege and honor to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and take up a series of issues that I think you should be considering, and I would recommend that be the case as long as…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: mississippi river…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 5, line 1, after the dollar amount…

I saw Barack Obama be elected as President, and then I saw the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, team up with Attorney General Holder and go negotiate with the Black farmers and hand them another $1.

I have watched class action lawsuits be blown out of proportion to the original claimants, out of proportion to the original definition.

I am interested in an opinion of each of you gentlemen as to whether the executive branch should be legally allowed to enter into a de facto class action agreement without the oversight of Congress.

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for his leadership on this issue and many other issues, and I come to the floor here in strong support of the PRENDA Act. The very idea of sex-selection abortion, gendercide, as it was so aptly named…

this death tax, this estate tax that we are dealing with here today, it is a tax directly on the American dream.

We should cheer the people that are able to achieve and succeed in the American dream and understand that we want to encourage more of that.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is cruel and diabolical to put families through this and make death also a taxing decision.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I rise to also offer my most appreciative words for the life and the gift to all of us that was the life of Chuck Colson. A lot of us got to know Chuck Colson as he came before our conference on…

I thank the gentlelady from North Carolina for yielding to me, and I rise to support the Violence Against Women Act. I did so when it was reauthorized in 2005, I believe it was, and we're here today in this debate on the rule, not so much…