Anthony Weiner

Well, I have got to tell you something. I don't recall there being an open rule when we had the original vote on the war; do you, sir?

I really do want to express my gratitude. The people of New Hampshire are very fortunate to have someone that came to Congress like you did. In your first 43 hours, you voted to raise the minimum wage, something that hadn't been done for…

In conclusion then, this is a chance to spend $23 million to save us having to spend $268 million. I urge you to vote ``yes'' on the Weiner-Schwarz-Maloney-Crowley amendment and stamp out the Asian longhorned beetle and the other invasive…

Reclaiming my time. Mr. Chairman, now as we approach the expiration of the extended 2004 contract, I have been informed, as have my colleagues on the authorizing and appropriations committees, that the National Park Service will not have a…

Reclaiming my time. However, when Circle Line's contract expired in 2004, the Park Service utilized language in the 1998 act providing the Secretary with extension authority and awarded Circle Line a 3-year extension, did it not, Mr…

I am concerned that the narrowness of the stairwell is such an inhibitor. We have some awful narrow passageways in this building. We have reopened the White House with very intricate security concerns. Certainly, with all of us putting our…

It is exactly the place to debate. We are on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Would you find anything offensive about recognizing the importance of the symbols and traditions of Diwali, the Indian New Year for Indian Americans?

He controls the time. He has yielded to me for a question, and now I am asking it.

I have no question about the gentleman's values or his intent. Is there any element of this bill that if we substituted ``Chanukah,'' which you mentioned, recognizing the importance of the symbols and traditions of Chanukah, would you find…

I move by unanimous request that we amend H.R. 5 to include a cap on premium increases for the duration of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Latham). The Chair cannot entertain that request at this time. Parliamentary Inquiries

Is this the appropriate place in the reading for a limiting amendment? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman may offer his amendment. Amendment Offered by Mr. Weiner

Just for the purpose of clarification, under my amendment we are not reducing the budget of the NSF. It is going up. It is going up. I just want to make that clear. What we are doing is we are saying it should rise back to the level it was…

Frankly, this is the anti-immigrant ring of the Republican Party that's held up the bill up until now.

The Republicans didn't support creating the 9/11 commission, didn't want there to be open hearings, didn't want to extend the deadline for their hearings, didn't want the president to testify.

Well, frankly, the hearings that were held by the 9/11 commission showed that we were getting a great deal of intelligence that, if processed right, if getting into the right hands, could have prevented the September 11 attacks.

I guess what it comes down to is a person's view of where an individual who is in the minority on an issue, even an issue that is protected in the Constitution, where does that person go to have their rights protected? What if 435 of us…

The Council on Foreign Relations issued a report recently that said that we are not getting that cooperation. The FBI has said that they are not getting cooperation in investigating crimes against U.S. citizens. Where does the gentleman…

I rise in support of the Otter amendment. The question should be should we have any aid going to the West Bank and Gaza. That should be the question. Is it buying us pro-American values? No. Is it buying us less violence? No. Is it buying…

This Congress in the 2003 State Department Authorization Act said that once and for all, any documents like passports and the like that refer to Jerusalem have to say the country. It is the only instance in our Nation where it says a city…

Look, the problem is not that there is an undercount. The problem is they discovered the undercount and steadfastly refused to do anything about it. By the way, in the data that we are going to be accumulating over the next 10 years, we…

First, I appreciate the gentleman's expertise on this issue. Should I take it from his concerns and comments about the undercount in New York that under his leadership he will commit to doing something the Census Bureau has refused to do…

What this amendment says is enough is enough, reopen the Statue of Liberty by July 31, 2004. It is not closed for lack of money. This House has allocated $19.6 million for security enhancements, and that is between fiscal year 2002 and…

I think it would serve this body well to have an active debate about some of the elements therein and be able to go through the regular process of amendments to perfect the bill even further. This bill has some very excellent provisions…

This is an opportunity for all of us in this Chamber to express in the strongest possible terms, and, frankly, it is not that strong, it may wind up costing a net zero dollars to the Saudis, but in strong terms we can show how…