David Price

If you do not close down backpage.com, you can have all the hearings in the world. It is not going to--you can treat the symptoms, but you will not solve the problem.

the time has come for our country to think anew about, not just in the Federal system, but in the State system too.

How do the people who own backpage.com, how do they live with themselves?

We have to do something about getting young people before they get themselves into circumstances that are problematic.

I actually have some bipartisan legislation that I've introduced that would talk about constructively using settlements like this for medical research and justice reinvestment activities.

I especially want to thank Cindy McCain who will be testifying today for helping to raise the awareness of the problem of sex trafficking.

we are going to have to spend billions of dollars for national security purposes.

I am going to ask our North Carolina colleagues to join me here, along with the dean of our delegation, Mr. Coble. Mr. Speaker, our colleague of many years, Mel Watt, has just cast his last vote in this body. Mel Watt, the Representative…

If the interim nuclear deal negotiated last month leads to a final agreement, Iran can be prevented from developing a nuclear weapon. This would neutralize one of the greatest threats facing the United States, Israel, and the international…

I thank the gentleman. I want to make note of the fact that Mel's wife, Eulada, is in the gallery tonight. On behalf of my wife, Lisa, and myself, we have considered the Watts good friends, colleagues, shared many experiences together, and…

This is a sad and, indeed, depressing debate because there is such a transparent effort underway to weaken our Nation's campaign finance laws even further by the perfectly legitimate, compelling case for sick children in our country. This…

Could I inquire as to how much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina has 10 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Have we had enough yet? The American people are fed up with partisan games and procedural gimmicks. They see right through them, and they are demanding that we come together and get the government back to work today. If the Speaker of the…

Our Republican colleagues today have spoken accurately of the time-honored tradition of passing a budget in this Congress and then passing appropriations bills, one hopes on budget and on time, in an orderly fashion, conforming to the…

I am glad to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson), the ranking member of the full authorizing Committee on Homeland Security.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 249, nays 175, not voting 7, as follows: [Roll No. 540]…

This debate is a bizarre experience for those of us who have been urging negotiation on the budget for a year. ``Take the President up on his overture of last December,'' we've said to our Republican friends. ``Let's go to a conference…

How much time does each side have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining; the gentleman from Texas has 7 minutes remaining.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 244, nays 164, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 524]…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 247, nays 164, not voting 20, as follows: [Roll No…

I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, I had the honor of attending the annual awards dinner of the Partnership for Public Service, the so-called Sammies Award. These are awards that are given each year to outstanding public servants. Last…

My friend from Kentucky, the chairman of the full committee is, in a time-honored House tradition, criticizing the other body. I've done some of that myself. But let's be clear about a couple of things. Our Republican friends, as I recall…

I have the privilege of representing one of the most military-friendly and veteran-friendly areas of the country, North Carolina. So I'm glad our Republican colleagues are concerned with maintaining funding for our Nation's veterans. But…

The American people have had enough of this cynical attempt to shift blame for the Tea Party shutdown. Of course we want the American people to have access to our national parks, and I wish our Republican colleagues had thought a little…

We're now just hours away from the Tea Party-inspired government shutdown. Here our Republican colleagues go again, holding the economy hostage to their ideological demands and their take-it-or-leave-it politics. This isn't the behavior of…