Barney Frank

Would that also be true of the British public, which was opposed to his going to the war?

What about Robin Cook? Who was the foreign minister and who resigned only over misuse of intelligence and not over anything domestic.

I very much agree with many of the specifics, but the gentleman misstates British politics when he says he has moved them from left to the right. Blair would himself repudiate that. What he has done is to move them from a position that he…

The gentleman once again misstates British politics because two of his sharpest critics were people who were in his government supporting his moves on domestic policy, supporting his repositioning towards New Labor. Two, Robin Cook and…

Reclaiming my time, no, it does not. The gentleman has not read his own amendment, much less written it. What this says is, you do not get any funds under this act if you violate the Illegal Immigration Act. It does not say that the funds…

I notice on page 4 it says each Congress Building America house should be constructed primarily by Members of the Senate and House, their families and staff. Now, presumably, if we do this, it is voluntarily. But if we pass a bill like…

So the ruling is or the indication is that any suggestion that the Vice President might be interested in making money would be personally offensive?

I did not hear the gentleman from California say anything personally offensive to the Vice President. I wonder when we are being told that something was personally offensive to the Vice President, what would that be? He may be more…

I just have to express my dismay at the anti-American diatribe we have just heard. I am sorry to hear this defeatist attitude about the American economy. The American economy continues to be a vibrant one overall, and to have it so…

I know as you get old your memory goes, but I do not remember hearing that this is new. I remember rehearing that this will get the economy going. I do not remember the defense of the 2001 tax cut being this will prevent the economy from…

I think repetition is often relevant in this body; but when the gentleman talks about how we needed tax cuts, a significant amount, to get the economy growing, did he give the exact same speech that he gave in 2001 when we were told that…

I wish we were not dealing with all of these issues in one instruction motion, but it must be repeated again. The way in which this House leadership has chosen to deal with the appropriations process this year has been one of the most…

I want to thank him. I am reassured because he just said something very important and precedent setting. He said when we debate the appropriations bills for the next fiscal year. We did not debate the appropriation bills for this fiscal…

I was assured that the gentleman said there will be debate on these appropriations. My only question is, in which fiscal year will the debate on the current appropriations occur, this one or next one? We are starting to run out of fiscal…

I thought we had a doubleheader here, but apparently we have a trifecta. Not only do we have a bill that is lousy in its substance and indefensible so that procedurally no amendment can be offered, but it is in both cases so bad that the…

Is there any rule, law, statute, constitutional principle that in any way hinders this House from taking up appropriations bills whenever it wants because somebody else has not done anything?

I was very pleased to have a chance to join in naming that post office for him. I regretted the fact that I was not able to participate in the debate. I was tied up at a committee meeting. I thought I was going to be notified in time but…

The gentleman said with regard to the appropriations bills, well, the committee has done them. Why would we be taking 5 days off now if the committee has, as he said, passed these appropriations bills? Why are they not on the floor? Why do…

I would like to note that I am glad to be here endorsing the importance of homeownership; but as the gentleman from California indicated, homeownership is very important for a significant segment of the population, indeed, we hope for a…

I am personally prepared to say that incomes over $300,000 do not need a tax reduction which is scheduled to go into effect as urgently as we need energy and security. So to the extent that we have outstanding tax reductions that have not…

I am glad to join the gentleman from North Carolina in repudiating that simplistic and inaccurate misstatement. As the gentleman said, without a Federal Government investment, we cannot have a good energy policy. Obviously if you think the…

I would plead with the leadership of the House do not put us again in the position where we have this inadequate up or down vote on these complicated subjects. We are not all that busy. This is our main job. We could have taken a few more…

Are we going to pass this bill in the middle of the night to commemorate him signing it in the middle of the night?

My point was that it would be confusing if the gentleman had accepted the motion and simultaneously disregarded it. So it seemed to me what he was saying was he intended to make exceptions to it, and that ``acceptance'' and ``exception''…

I think in fairness to the gentleman from Florida, my friend misheard him. I do not always speak with perfect diction. I understand when people mishear people. You said you think he said he would accept it, A-C-C-E-P-T; he said he would…