I remind my Republican colleagues that our Nation is over $4 trillion in debt. This Nation this year will borrow over $200 billion just to make ends meet. That money has to be repaid. In the 2 minutes that I address this body, the American…

By the clock on the wall, it is 20 minutes after 12. By 30 minutes after 12 this Nation will have spent another $5 million on interest on the national debt. Because of the national debt, we are spending $1 million every 2 minutes just to…

If I may, there are things that are more important than the Easter break. Passing well-thought-out legislation is more important than the Easter break, and I would sure hope the Republican leadership would keep that in mind.

I am particularly much aware of the Federal flood insurance program, since a good portion of my district was devastated during Hurricane Camille, after Hurricane Frederick. As the gentleman knows from the Federal flood insurance program…

reclaiming my time, let me ask the gentleman this: Is it fair market value if the 1 dollar an acre that the man bought it for during the Depression, is it fair market value for the $5,000 an acre that the man from the Midwest and does not…

But for the sake of getting this on the record, it is not the gentleman's intention through this legislation to ask the people of Iowa, the people of Kentucky, all those people who live in areas that do not flood, to subsidize people for…

Reclaiming my time and addressing the author of this measure, the sponsor of this measure, would you accept that as the definition of fair market value? The fair market value at the time that it was purchased?

I want to again remind everyone that this was never brought before Congress. The reason it was not brought before Congress is because both sides, the Democrats and the Republicans, knew that had it been brought before Congress, Congress…

I say to the gentlewoman from Ohio [Ms. Kaptur], it has really become apparent to me in phone calls I have had, letters, faxes from around the country that the American people feel powerless against Wall Street. They feel powerless against…

I would like to encourage those who are listening to get in touch with their elected Representatives. I think a few questions are fair to ask: Who agreed to the bailout? What were the names of the congressional leaders who met with the…

Yes, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the past few days a dozen Members of Congress, ranking from people on the ideological right, like the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Bunning] and the gentleman from California [Mr. Hunter], all the way to…

I would like to use this 1- minute to inform my colleagues that within a matter of minutes this House will be given the privilege that the President of the United States did not give us; and that is, to decide for ourselves whether or not…

The only point I wanted to make, Mr. Speaker, and I wanted to get back as to the very eloquent delivery by the former mayor of Burlington, could he not just vote against the appropriation for this when it comes up?

Twenty billion dollars of American tax dollars, and there was not a vote in the Congress of the United States. Is that what you are telling me?

So again going back to what Mr. Sanders had to say, what incentive then does Speaker of the House Gingrich have to bring this to a vote? After all, his folks got their $20 billion. The American people are left holding the bag. Four hundred…

I wanted to get back to something the gentleman from Vermont mentioned, when he said that Wall Street was all in favor of NAFTA and Wall Street was all in favor of the bailout. In fact, former U.S. Trade Representative, Ms. Carla Hills…

isn't it interesting that every group--there are groups like the National Taxpayers Union, Common Cause, groups that represent the defense industry, groups that represent the homeless, everyone has a score card on how you voted. You hear…

There are, I believe as many Republican sponsors of this resolution as Democrats. I think that is very important, because I think a number of the Republicans are at odds with what their leadership has done, which is, again, to deprive the…

Again, Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that in the past couple of weeks this Chamber has taken some steps toward getting our financial house in order. Regardless of where you stand on it, the House has passed a line-item veto. The…

Ms. Kaptur, is it really fair to say the executive branch did this entirely on their own? Let us go back the 13 months that my friend Mr. Sanders made reference to. What was then minority whip, now Speaker of the House Gingrich's position…

if a President, when given total authority--and this is one man who can write a budget all by himself--cannot submit a balanced budget or even a budget that is within $100 billion of being balanced, how on Earth do you think he is going to…

How many times has the President of the United States submitted to the Congress a budget that was even $100 billion within being balanced?

I hope our Speaker is listening because the American people would like to know when he is going to schedule the vote on the Mexican $40 billion bailout. I say to the Speaker, ``You want to call it a loan guarantee. Well, if you want to…

We have a disagreement, and I think those experts also would not accept any challenge, too, where they would personally incur the costs from the flood of lawsuits that the lack of this language would cause.

I am not questioning the intent of the gentleman form Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] because I know his intent is correct. But we are a nation of law and it is what is in the law books that count. That language is ambiguous, and there will be…