Scott Garrett

it is time for us to open up our books to the American people so that everyone in the public can be fully apprised as to how their hard-earned dollars are spent by the Federal Government. I rise in support of this bill for reform…

I thank you for that. I thank the gentleman from Florida for bringing this matter to the floor tonight, and I appreciate your comment ``fighting for the little guy'' with regard to the economic issue, and I think we are all fighting for…

from the day of America's birth, our story in this country has been one of heroism. Our movies, our literature, our music paint a colorful panorama of the dreams and inspirations of the men and women who built our Nation up with their own…

recently in a Manhattan Federal Court, we saw the first conviction worldwide in the Iraqi Oil- for-Food scandal. Billions of dollars illicitly passed between one of the world's most notorious dictators, Saddam Hussein, over 2,200 companies…

I apologize for being redundant on this point, is there something specific that I that can look back to specifically in the language that says that, that goes to that point?

with regard to S. 1496, this program, my understanding, creates a 3-year pilot program to distribute Federal duck stamps electronically. Duck stamps are something which I am very familiar with and am completely in support of the overall…

I do appreciate that. So it is your understanding that there is, in essence, a base price for the stamp and then maybe perhaps, I will use the term supplemental cost, which will be the costs going on the sale over the Web or whatever the…

I rise today in my fullest support for the King amendment, and also his work to make sure that all political barriers to participation are removed. But we are clear that foreign language ballots do no such thing. There are three reasons…

I thank my colleagues who came before me this evening to join with us, as we do each Tuesday evening as members of the Congressional Constitution Caucus, to come to the floor to discuss constitutional issues; and this evening to discuss…

I appreciate the chairman's citing the point of order; and I am in agreement that the point of order appropriately falls within this amendment that I bring before the House tonight. It is, of course, a frustration for us when we are…

Yes. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the Clerk will designate the amendment. There was no objection. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Garrett of New Jersey: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert…

back in 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program, the NFIP, with the intent of providing homeowners that live in floodplains the opportunity to purchase flood insurance from the Federal Government. At the time, there…

this Friday is the 1-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's decision of Kelo v. City of New London. And this decision has wide-ranging constitutional ramifications, most notably the grasping at rights guaranteed by our…

at this point, recognizing the point of order raised and setting it out, I at this point seek unanimous consent for withdrawing the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey? There was no…

I rise to claim my time out of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I do thank you, Mr. Speaker. Tonight, I come here as we do each week as members of the Constitutional Caucus come here on a regular basis to present a series of 5-minutes following the day's activities and the day's votes. We do so tonight…

I come to the floor this late evening, dedicated defender of the Constitution, to engage, as we do each Thursday evening, part of the Congressional Constitution Caucus, as we go into this Memorial Day weekend work period. Tonight I am here…

I will not use my entire 5 minutes. This is an amendment on an appropriations bill that we have seen in some other ones that have passed previously, and it goes to the issue of how we have addressed over the last couple of days spending…

like many proud parents this spring, I will be attending with my family the joyous occasion of watching my oldest daughter graduate high school. Unfortunately, due to this, I regret to inform you that I will be unable to participate in…

I will try to remember that expression of Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson addressed the issue of education. One of the points of the Constitutional Caucus is to take a look at what does the Constitution actually say as to what the role of the…

today I wish to join in celebrating the anniversary of Israel's independence. Israel is one of America's closest allies. We rely on her good will in our War on Terror. We enjoy mutually beneficial economic agreements. And, we value Israel…

I rise tonight to, first of all, commend the work of a gentleman from whom we will be hearing shortly, the gentleman from Utah, for his efforts to come to the floor on a regular basis to lead the charge of the Constitutional Caucus to…

I commend my colleague from Utah who just spoke previously, a fellow member of the Congressional Constitutional Caucus, who had indicated that we come to this floor on a regular basis to address what the Founding Fathers intended with the…

I thank the gentlelady for this opportunity. I applaud her for being here not only tonight, but on so many nights when you bring these important issues to the American public. I will be brief, and I just want to go back to one of your very…

And if the gentlewoman will yield. After anyone, a State or a family or the Federal Government sets its priorities, the second half of the equation then must be what are the items that don't rise to that level of a significant priority…