I would like to speak in favor of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new section: SEC. 1068. FREEZE IN…

On rollcall No. 344, had I been present, I would have voted, ``no.'' Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Sarbanes The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

May I ask how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Illinois has 30 seconds remaining.

It seems to me, since we agree, that the problem is that the Pentagon has never explained where its money is going, and because there are waivers within this, that anything declared in need of national defense, and we certainly take care…

We're talking about poor seniors and middle class people. Don't support this plan. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Members are reminded to refrain from trafficking the well while another Member is under recognition.

I am getting a real kick out of this debate. I really am. You know, we hear one after another of my Republican colleagues coming up here and self-righteously talking about ending the demagoguery and we should end the TV ads. And I just…

That is interesting, that the gentleman is criticizing the Democrats on Medicare, when he and all but four other Republicans voted for a plan that essentially ends Medicare.

I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 3. You know, Republicans say that they are for smaller government, but that ends when it comes to women. In order to curtail women's reproductive rights, it isn't enough to prevent the public dollars…

Finally, the United States of America made real the possibility of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--all of which are literally impossible unless health care is a right for all in our great country. This resolution goes in the…

House Republicans have made their extreme agenda abundantly clear--undermine women's access to reproductive health care and attack the local women's health providers they rely on to provide cancer screenings, routine gynecological…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The Republicans are trying to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility today. It's just ridiculous. They are the party responsible for a decade of fiscal recklessness with two unpaid-for wars, two…

You know, budgets aren't just about a series of numbers. Budgets fundamentally are moral documents. And I fear that Republicans have made clear that their moral compass puts the wealthy and big business ahead of the American middle class…