Martin Sabo: “would the gentleman tell me, does the Department have the authority, not the authority but is the Department doing what…”

I come to this House debate deeply frustrated over the chaos in Iraq. I voted against authorizing President Bush to take us to war in Iraq. I believed in 2002, and am more certain today that this war has been a grave mistake. Mr. Speaker…

I thank the gentleman. I am just afraid we are doing another miniature No Child Left Behind in this law that we passed a couple of weeks ago. It is the Federal Government again deciding how the States should run something that States have…

Mr. Speaker, I am a strong supporter of the base bill on homeland security funding. But there is one part of that bill which I think we could significantly improve. So I would ask Members today to vote against the previous question so that…

I and others offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Sabo: Page 3, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $26,100,000)''. Page 30, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert the…