I am going to vote against a precipitous termination of our deployment in Iraq. Mr. McGOVERN. You are going to vote against the Hunter amendment. Thank you for voting against your own amendment.

let me answer my friend. This is a letter from an army captain in Iraq. He says in this e- mail: ``I am a U.S. Army captain currently serving in Iraq, and I am shocked and appalled by Rep Murtha's call for an immediate withdrawal. Please…

But I am going to allow you to vote ``yes.'' Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The Chair would advise Members that it is improper to walk in front of a Member speaking in the well. Mr. McGOVERN…

Let me ask, Mr. Speaker, we have the right to close on this side? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Terry). Yes.

around the world right now American troops are being disserved by a mistake promulgated by the American and international news media to the effect that American law allows torture. That is the lie that is being propagated by electronic and…

I yield 30 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), and I ask unanimous consent that he be allowed to control that time. I also ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to designate the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) as…

pursuant to section 2908(d) of Public Law 101-510, I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res 65) disapproving the…

I take the floor tonight with my colleagues to talk about the values of freedom and the men and women who have, in very difficult places around the world, but especially in the warfighting theaters in Afghanistan and Iraq, have fought to…

do not go too far in praising me. My son did serve a couple of tours in Iraq, but just like lots and lots of other sons.

I thank the gentleman; and I am reminded also, as I look down through the last several days in October, in fact starting with October 2, Iraqi Army soldiers captured bombers in Fallujah; October 5, Iraqi troops found and cleared improvised…

I know that my son would like to remind the gentleman that it was a Marine pilot who rescued you when you went down. But there is another point to American air power, and I think American air power in the future, and that is something that…

I rose with my colleague the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) a few minutes ago to talk a little bit about Admiral Jim Stockdale, a Medal of Honor winner; Jim Stockdale, POW; Jim Stockdale, an overall great American, who passed…

I just would like to end by saying I think one way we can remember Admiral Stockdale is to keep our country strong and be faithful to those who served, including Admiral Stockdale. ____________________

I have heard a number of Members who oppose this amendment talk about the importance of sending the right message to the world. We should send the right message. We should send the truth. Here is the truth, which dozens of Members know…

I just want to take the floor briefly and comment on the passing of Admiral Jim Stockdale, one of the great heroes of our time. Jim Stockdale, when he passed away was a resident of San Diego, California, with his wonderful wife, Sybil…

I am opposed to section 9012 as it is currently written and a number of other members of the Committee on Armed Services are opposed to them as well, and you will hear from them in the ensuing minutes here. We were informed that we had the…

Based on cadet surveys administered in late spring 2004 suggesting religious tolerance concerns, the Air Force Academy superintendent took a number of corrective actions, including a training and education program for cadets and faculty to…

I would just respond, that is not the Secretary of the Air Force; and if the gentleman is holding this up as something that justifies a condemnatory statement by the United States House of Representatives, then it has to be something that…

my good colleague from Mississippi has spoken of our great Guardsmen and Reservists a number of times in his very eloquent statement and talked about their deployment, their imminent deployment, or the deployment they are involved in right…

pursuant to section 4 of House Resolution 293, I am providing the requisite notice and request that the following amendments as printed in House Report 109-96 be considered out of order: Goode No. 20, Jo Ann Davis of Virginia No. 24, Davis…

let me extend my thanks, and I know on the other side of the aisle the leadership and membership extend their thanks, to all of our great staff people who did such a wonderful job putting this bill together and bringing it to the House…

I want to say, we all know one thing in this House Chamber, those who know the record of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Reyes), he is the finest border patrol chief probably in the history of our country. He has done a wonderful job. We are…

we are gathering our speakers, and I would hope my colleague, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) would be able to lead off with his speakers, so I reserve my time.

We started this fence about 20 years ago. We started it by building the first steel fence across that 14-mile segment between the coastal hills of San Diego County and the Pacific Ocean. We did that because drug trucks were running that…

Mr. Speaker, let us make this clear. This is not about some social issue. The real impetus for this barring of the American military from our college campuses is because of the left-wing core of administrators and professors who do not…