This is the final amendment to the bill and will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, just a few years after a financial meltdown that…

I think the American public would be really interested to hear that what we are actually talking about, ultimately, is it OK to dump mining waste within 100 feet of a stream.

I am going to read a letter that I received from a constituent who is about to have her unemployment benefits cut. I quote: Now that I am laid off and older, I am having difficulty finding a job. I understand now I cannot get unemployment…

I hope and I wish that the concern for the national parks and the people continues after this.

We shouldn't be sitting here acting shocked that closing the parks was part of closing the government.

The attack on you, Director, I--I apologize. It's as ugly as I have seen.

And so to turn around and try to shift the blame and the responsibility is stunning.

Now, the reason the government was shut down was not because they had a problem with the parks. It wasn't anything else that they were worried about.

I can't imagine that there's anybody who works in a national park or dedicates his or her life to serving the public, that anyone would say, oh, let's close it during their busiest season.

I am opposed. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Shea-Porter moves to recommit the joint resolution H.J. Res. 79 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the same…

I wish to be heard on the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New Hampshire is recognized on the point of order.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the joint…

Doesn't the bill before us set up a commission to examine deficit reduction? My motion to recommit would open up the entire Federal Government so that our taxpayers can receive the benefits they have already paid for, to recommit deals…

It's very clear to The Wall Street Journal, it's clear to the Chamber of Commerce, it's clear to USA Today, and it's clear to the American public that the Republican right wing, the Tea Party, has shut down the government. Now I find out…

Many years ago, during the last shutdown, my husband was a Federal employee, and we were impacted. My husband used to leave the house every morning around 5:15, walk to the bus stop, like so many Federal employees, catch a bus at 5:30. And…

I think we are in danger of losing those wonderful, highly skilled professionals... because of the furlough and then the anticipation of a government shutdown.

They deserve to know their paycheck will be there and they can count on us. And so far we have failed them.

The men and women who go there and serve this country every day deserve better than what they are seeing.

I have concerns about what we are saying openly and letting people know, and I am amazed that probably more people abroad and our enemies know the impact more than the Members of Congress.

I do believe the intelligence, but I also am concerned that we are going to swap chaos for chaos.

Here we are Friday afternoon. We have a lot of people around the country who are going home for the weekend, but expecting to go back to their workplace on Monday. Congress is not coming back until September. Did we get everything done…

I just want to urge all of you to make sure that when you move these women into these combat roles, that we don't make the mistake of isolating them.

Today I'm offering an amendment with my colleague, Congressman LoBiondo, to support veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injury, or TBI. This amendment designates $4.5 million within the peer-reviewed Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 34, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $4,500,000) (increased by $4,500,000)''…

I recently had the pleasure of visiting New Hampshire's Bedford Memorial Elementary School to congratulate the school community for their recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School. Bedford Memorial Elementary educates children from…