Anthony Weiner

first of all, I think that I speak for all of our colleagues and all of us here in paying tribute to the 137,000- some-odd American men and women who are fighting in Iraq, the 25,000 or so that are fighting in Afghanistan. We are here to…

I think what you have just described is a military stretched thin, my friend. I think when you have people in the Reserves doing three tours, that are being taken away from their communities, I think that is a military stretched thin.

I think we should be figuring out how to do the people's business. We have already lowered their cost of college. We have increased the minimum wage. We have put an ethics plan into place.

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…

Reclaiming my time, even those members of this panel, these scientists that took a look at global warming, global climate change, 90 percent of them, a record level of consensus, say that human causes are to blame. We are not going to…

I recall we were given an up-or-down vote without any opportunity for alternatives on the original war in Iraq, and I think we are going to have eight votes, and we have accepted this amendment, eight votes on various amendments to this…

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 fundamentally believe, and I have said for some time that aid to the Palestinians has not achieved any of our foreign policy goals. It hasn't been accountable, it hasn't gotten us a more peaceful administration there, and fundamentally I…

I rise today as editorial pages are abuse with discussion about the tragic and sad events in the Middle East, and some people at coffee shops and at street corners around our country are asking some very basic questions about the conflict…

this past Saturday the House of Representatives lost one of its own and New York City lost a great civil servant when Congressman Thomas J. Manton died at the age of 73. Mr. Manton embodied the American dream and his story is one of…

first of all, let me just acknowledge that I agree with much of what the gentleman says, except the part about us gutting anything. What we did is we took the space exploration program and limited the increase to 10 percent. We by no means…

Apparently, the gentleman from Florida is unfamiliar with the rhetorical question which is so commonly used in New York and frequently in Washington. Florida got 7,400 police officers under the COPS program. The COPS program was…

On that I request a recorded vote. The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Stearns

Certainly. That is what I am doing, Madam Speaker. What happened was during the intervening period, after the unanimous consent was entered into, this formula was issued giving Members no opportunity other than this motion in order to make…

I am seeking to do that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is that the motion to recommit legislates. The gentleman will confine his remarks to that.

I certainly am, and, if I were permitted to finish, you would see that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will confine his remarks to the point of order.

I understand. The motion to recommit that we are voting on today that we are seeking to have an up or down vote on, I would say, would give us an opportunity to hear this. You don't need to raise the point of order. If you want to simply…

I agree that we are legislating on an appropriation bill, and I agree it is out of order to oppose or pass the notion that every State should have a minimum guarantee. It is exactly that ruling and exactly that language from the chairman…

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…

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…

on September 11, like so many institutions of the Federal Government, everything came to a halt, including all the facilities of the national parks. Almost immediately thereafter, we began a process to reopen them. We reopened them…

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…

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…

I want to thank Mr. Dicks, and I also want to extend my gratitude to Mike Stephens of your staff, Deb Weatherly of Mr. Taylor's staff, and Rob Howarth of Mr. Pearce's staff for their cooperation. Mr. Chairman, I submit the following…

I won't take the full balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, we create in this bill a port grant program which provides allocation to go to States and localities to take steps to ensure homeland security around ports. But frankly without this…