So, you know, they have blocked the legislation that we would like to finish.

it was a day, September 11, 2001, of unforgettable horror and unforgettable heroes. It was the day our buildings fell, the day our people rose. The fear and anguish that we felt that bright blue morning 5 years ago will never leave us, but…

Ladies and gentlemen, for us on the Republican side of the aisle, it is a sad day today. We have lost Helen Sewell. Helen served in the Republican cloakroom for over 70 years. She was a person who was always happy, always met any special…

one of our greatest Presidents, Ronald Reagan, was fond of saying that ``Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.'' President Reagan's wise words are still true today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 861…

Well, it hasn't been settled, but I think it gives us some time to take -- step back, take a breath, and then work out the problems.

My opinion is that they took the wrong path.

This is one of the leaks that come out to try to, you know, intimidate people. And we're just not going to be intimidated on it.

Now I don't know if this leak out of the Justice Department or wherever it came, was a coincidence or not, but I'll let anybody else try to connect the dots.

That gives us some time to step back and try to negotiate with the Department of Justice.

This is one of the leaks that come out to try to intimidate people and we're just not going to be intimidated on it.

We think those materials ought to be returned.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi say the bureau violated the constitutional separation of powers when it raided the office of Congressman William Jefferson.

Those people involved in that issue ought to be frozen out of that just for the sake of the constitutional aspect of it.

But there's ways to do it, and my opinion is that they took the wrong path.

There's ways to do it. And my opinion is that they took the wrong path.

It's something that's important to keep this economy coming.

We have passed legislation time and time again, with Democrats blocking it. But that was history. Now this is the future. And we need to move forward.

We are 65 percent dependent on foreign oil. Places like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela, whenever they decide to turn the spigot or raise the prices, our consumers suffer.

This is not about personalities. It's not about somebody's ego. It's not about racial profiling. It's trying to make this place safer and working with the people who try to make it safer.

I am concerned about the national security implications of the deal and called for an immediate moratorium.

I was truly saddened this morning when I learned of the death of Coretta Scott King. My experience with the Kings goes back to 1960 as a freshman student of North Central College, wide-eyed from the country, not really knowing all of the…

Ladies and gentlemen, it is important for the House to recognize important milestones. Tonight, the Democratic leader and I on behalf of the House take this brief time to honor our colleague John Dingell. If Members would also like to add…

At the request of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the decorated tree on the west front of the Capitol Building is once again taking the name Christmas tree.

It is, much better to be us than them.

The foreign operations budget.