If an individual doesn't engage in purchasing health insurance, then they are not engaging in interstate commerce...

We have to pass legislation that constitutionally protects everyone.

The statute presumes that everyone does use health care, and it presumes that health insurance is an obligation.

Reclaiming my time, may I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gardner). The gentleman has approximately 12 minutes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very happy that the Speaker arrived on the floor to make that point. The point is this: We have passed Cut, Cap, and Balance. We have done our job. Now the challenge is for the United States Senate and the…

It is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives, and I always appreciate the honor and the privilege. I, like every Member in this Congress, and most Americans, have some strong opinions…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding, and I rise in support of the gentleman's amendment. And the reason for it is this: As I watched the structure of the OCE be set up--and I'd say to the gentleman, for over 200 years…

It's not default. They've been calling it default to try to stampede people into taking a bad deal here in this Congress. The American people understand this.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this ObamaCare of $23.6 billion that is sitting there being implemented, and with Kathleen Sebelius, with the discretion to spend that and send the roots down and expand the dependency class, here is an…

It is my privilege to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives and be able to address you about the matters of the day and about the important issues that are before us here in this Congress and in this Nation. And I…

It is my privilege to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and to bring to the attention of this body some subject matter that doesn't often get a debate here on the floor but it does get some…

I think the chairman has made a significant point here. Sometimes we are playing catch-up. I would like to have had the lead work done so that this information was out in front of the majority and the minority. I think you've seen the…

This amendment that decreases a line item by a million dollars and then increases it by a million dollars is the parliamentarily approved method by which we direct some intent into this appropriation legislation that we have. As a lot of…

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

I will personally deliver it to you if this version is okay. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa controls the time.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This year, we will see more water come down the Missouri River than ever before in recorded history. And the result is the Corps of Engineers is releasing 160,000 cubic feet per second from Gavins Point Dam. That…

I might point out I didn't yield, but I would be happy to yield to the gentleman and hopefully get you a copy.

It's my privilege and honor to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I would say at the outset that it is also my honor and privilege to have been seated here on the floor of the House of Representatives as I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I will start out first by associating myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who I think laid this out clearly. This is a message that goes globally. This is a destiny…

I would just like to back us up historically a little bit and ask you if you could inform us as to what the original reason for the nutrition program at its inception?

I really work to try to eradicate poverty in my district, and in some cases the only meals they get are when they are at school.

It is hard for taxpayers to understand that more food stamps solves obesity.

I appreciate the privilege to be recognized here on the floor of the House of Representatives to address you about the issues that are important, I think, to you and to all of us who serve in this United States Congress. As we know, the…

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 by this Act…

This amendment emanates from claims that were filed subsequent to a press conference held by then-Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman in 1995, who said that the USDA was discriminating against black farmers. I believe that happened…