I'm actually the individual who got passed in this year's NDAA the single camouflage pattern bill that will save the Army alone $82 million.

Today, I stand with my neighbors in Illinois and express my deepest sympathies to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. More than 4,000 Filipinos died in this tragedy, and millions more are now in need of assistance. While we mourn for those who…

I have real concerns, especially with them and ZTE and the reports that have been generated about how they are actually turning over information from their work with U.S. entities as telecommunications corporate networks back to the…

So if we're looking at about 16 percent are not actually being carried through, roughly, Mr. O'Carroll, is that 16 percent of the 500,000?

The Social Security Disability Insurance and Security Income program provide a critical lifeline that allows nearly 12 million severely disabled Americans the opportunity to live dignified lives.

What's your projection for stage 2? How long is that going to take to implement, to go fully automated?

Today is my alive day. On November 12, 2004, I nearly lost my life in a dusty field in Iraq. I would have died that day if it were not for my helicopter crew. If it weren't for Chief Warrant Officer Dan Milberg, we would never have been…

Achieving immigration reform is not just an issue of security or economics; it is also an issue of women's rights. It is women who disproportionately bear the brunt of our inability to fix the immigration system. Undocumented women are…

My neighbors cannot understand how we could actually recess today with so much work left to today. In 2012, businesses in my district were approved for $391,000 in Small Business Administration loans per day. That is the most of any…

I am disturbed by the thought that our caregivers--mothers, fathers, spouses, daughters, sons staying up with and helping our Wounded Warriors recover--will NOT have this critical funding to be able to pay their bills back home.

This is yet another example of why we need to open our government back up and why a piecemeal approach to fund our government is not working.

I am opposed to the bill, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Duckworth moves to recommit the joint resolution H.J. Res. 72 to the Committee on Appropriations…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the joint…

I appeal the ruling of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the house?

If you rule this motion out of order, does that mean we will not have a chance to keep the entire Federal Government open today? Can the Chair please explain why we can't open the entire Federal Government today? The SPEAKER pro tempore…

It would appear that the chairman has resigned himself to keeping the government shut down for 30 days so that the VA will run out of money in that 30 days' time. The way to ensure that the VA doesn't run out of money in 30 days is to pass…

Yes, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Illinois is recognized on the point of order.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Because of the demands of extremists in Congress, today, in communities across our country crucial services have halted. Hundreds of thousands of middle class employees have been told to stay home…

I have this quote from you, it says it would be dying were it not for the fact that the industry gets all sorts of subsidies and tax breaks.

I think if we are serious about reducing our reliance on foreign oil, reducing harmful greenhouse emissions and ensuring that Americans have access to reliable and affordable energy, we must make serious investments in a diverse energy…

We are here to talk about government accountability today, and this an incredibly important topic, but I would be remiss not to mention that our government is in shutdown for the first time in nearly 20 years.

I thank the gentlelady from Arizona for bringing us together on this incredibly important issue. Mr. Speaker, our veterans, throughout their military careers, are taught to be physically tough and mentally strong; and just because they…

I will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit, and I will never leave a fallen comrade behind.

I really don't understand this because you know it used to be that when our Nation came under attack, we would rally together and especially, especially around our men and women in uniform.

Several weeks ago, we had a deeply partisan debate about cuts to SNAP. The proposed cuts by the majority were then $20 billion--a number that many of my colleagues and I found unacceptable and rejected. The majority has now doubled these…