Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the distinguished gentleman from Texas control his 10 minutes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky? There was no objection.

Madam Speaker, as I said in my opening statement, I urge support for H.R. 4851 to continue unemployment and health insurance benefits for long-term unemployed workers, along with extensions of other important expiring provisions like the…

Madam Speaker, before I begin my remarks, I would like to thank the gentleman from Washington for his magnanimous comments and the bipartisan spirit of this bill as we come to the floor right now. At least it is not as much animus as we…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. My question is when you, as a party, deemed the debt increase of nearly $2 trillion, I would say that it makes any deeming of budgetary issues, even the Deficit Reduction Act reconciliation process, seem…

When the cashier at our local supermarket asked me about the reconciliation process and deeming and how can you pass something you don't vote on, I think the message is already at the grassroots. Mr. McDERMOTT. I would suggest that the…

In this time of record debt, high unemployment, and uncertain economic conditions, a focus on fiscal responsibility is critical--real fiscal responsibility, not words like ``commonsense'' but applying it in a real policy. For months…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the students, faculty, and staff at Ruth Moyer Elementary School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Last fall, Ruth Moyer was named a 2009 Blue Ribbon School. The Blue Ribbon Schools program honors schools…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Technical Sergeant Anthony C. Campbell, an Air Force Reservist and Cincinnati police officer from Florence, Kentucky. Sergeant Campbell made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our Nation on…

The fact that there is demonstrably less racial discrimination in every area of American life doesn't mean we get rid of Title 7.