Madam Chairman, I commend the gentleman from New York for raising this issue, and I thank him for the time. As he knows, I've had a longstanding concern about the decision to relocate the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which reduces funding for the Department of Homeland Security by 3\1/2\ percent. Under the CR, funding for Homeland Security is already 3…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, as Members are aware, H.R. 1 provided no funding in 2011 for firefighter hiring grants, also known as SAFER grants, a reduction of $420 million. Fortunately, yesterday the House resoundingly overturned that ill-advised move…

Mr. Chair, if there ever were a case of overheated campaign rhetoric overtaking responsible governing, then we are seeing that case here today. Far from continuing to fund the government through to the end of the fiscal year, this measure…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in qualified support of this amendment. The bill before us eliminates the firefighter hiring program, known as SAFER, and it reduces funding for grants to purchase fire equipment by 23 percent. If adopted, these cuts…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this motion is as straightforward as they come. The Patriot Act should be enforced in a manner that doesn't violate Americans' constitutional rights, and those who believe their…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 359, a bill summarily repealing our system of public funding for Presidential elections. The process by which this bill has been brought to the floor--no hearings, no committee consideration, no…

I thank the gentleman. I am pleased to close for our side with a plea to our colleagues that they not dismantle, in an irresponsible and summary fashion, one of the proudest achievements of post-Watergate political reform in this country…

The medical device tax, as we all know, when you tax something you get less of it.

Mr. Speaker, this bill lays bare what this new Republican majority is all about. They would repeal benefits and protections that have already dramatically improved health care for families and small businesses, with no credible assurance…