I am happy to yield to another judge from Texas, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).

I thank the gentleman, His Honor, Judge Gohmert, and Judge Poe from Texas, Judge Carter from Texas, the gentlewoman from Tennessee, and the gentlewoman from Georgia (Mr. Gingrey), all of us who have participated in this tonight. We have…

I offer an amendment to prohibit any funds from being spent by the Department of Education in violation of current federal law. According to existing federal law, any state providing illegal aliens in-state tuition discounts must provide…

This move will save taxpayers some $105 million next year.

The House voted, overwhelmingly, to ban Medicare and Medicaid from paying for drugs which treat erectile dysfunction.

terrorist events have brought this point to light, dramatically illustrating how the security of the United States is dependent upon its strength in the area of foreign language competency. If the United States is truly committed to…

I rise today to comment on H.J. Res. 27, which seeks to withdraw the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization. During my first term in Congress, I witnessed firsthand the breakdown in…

I rise today to urge funding to redraw the flood plain maps that would assist in addressing flood plan management problems along the Missouri River. The States of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri, as well as all cities and…

I thank the gentleman, and particularly the gentleman from California (Chairman Cox) for yielding me time and for working and participating on this amendment. I rise today in support of the Cox-Sensenbrenner amendment which authorizes…

Well, Medicare prescription drugs are designed to pay for prescription drugs for people to improve their health, maintain their health, and provide life-saving medication. This is not life-saving medication. There are only two reasons for…

We can make that excuse for almost anything we spend money on, no matter how ridiculous it might be.

But it doesn't provide justice here for the taxpayers, and I would ask the taxpayers what they think.

I'm convinced that they are with me on this issue.

I think that the paper that they have written and the position that they have taken certainly protects their financial interests. But it doesn't provide justice here for the taxpayers, and I would ask the taxpayers what they think. And I'm…

I think life is more important to seniors and more important to the taxpayers.

this is a mission of joy for me. On the floor of this Congress, I am pleased to recognize the city of Spencer, Iowa, as the number one place to live in America. This is not surprising to the folks in western Iowa. America is now aware of…

I would like to paint this image in the mind of the people in the country. And that is that as we see people demonstrating in the streets of Lebanon, when they have made the pledge that they are not leaving the public arena until they are…

On September 11, our Nation suffered the most horrible attack ever on American soil at the hands of those with a deep-seated, enduring hatred for freedom. Since that day, we have made great strides in improving our Nation's security, but…

I rise today to reclaim Johnny Carson as a loyal Iowan and a favorite son of the great State of Iowa, who migrated to the West across the Missouri River and made his home over on the Nebraska side. Iowa has much to be proud about, and…

first of all, I think a lot of Members will thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Harman) for introducing the legislation that actually identified the National Intelligence Director well before the 9/11 Commission met to deliberate on…

I will say this national intelligence director is exactly the formula for groupthink. If you set that director in the -- at the cabinet level, that'll be the person that filters the intelligence that gets to the president.

I believe because the open borders people have taken over the conference in the Senate between the Senate and the House, and there's two sides to this argument. One side wants to have open borders for political power, and then the other…

It's a matter of domestic internal security. Even if we triple those people that are working domestic security, they aren't allowed to go into the place of work.

This bill provides for driver's licenses for illegals, and in 10 states that do, and they will go like electricity, the path of least resistance.

One thing I would point out, for the first time in 20 years since the Reagan landslide in 1984, the great State of Iowa finally voted state-wide for a Republican President. It has been a long time coming. It took a lot of work to do that…