Thank you so much. I wish when the dust settles and we have an opportunity to sit together with our Republican friends that we can come up with a reform called ``truth in advertising'' as we label these bills. What was a national bill and…

``No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually…

Thank you, Madam Ranking Member. I come to the floor opposing the rule only because there's a provision in it that indicates that our delegates from all over the globe will not be allowed to exercise any of their voting privileges that…

All of us from the City of New York and around the Nation are so proud to be a Member of this body. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will repeat that a Member asking to insert remarks may include a…

Tonight is going to be a rather historic vote. In the old days, the House would initiate tax bills, and then we would send it to the Senate, and then the Senate and the House would come together and have what was known as a conference. But…

For the first time approaching this rule, it is my understanding that if I want to stop $23 billion from increasing the deficit by knocking out a Senate provision and substituting a Pomeroy, in order to do that I would have to accept the…

Thank God that the Native Americans didn't have these immigration laws when they were discovered, you know, by other people. But having said that and forgetting the idea of compassion, I'm reminded that in 1950, when the outfit was…

I don't care what color they are. You send someone up here to defend this country or we're pulling out of here. And that's where we find ourselves today. At a time when we're looking for scientists and researchers and teachers and people…

First, let me apologize to this august body for putting you in this very awkward position today. To the Ethics Committee, I do recognize that it is not a job that many of us would want to have. Last week, as we were reading about the North…

I fully recognize that constitutionally this body has the full jurisdiction to determine the conduct of one of its Members. My predecessor suffered because they didn't allow him to be a Member before they decided that he should be…

I would soulfully report to this body the loss of a great Member, Congressman Steve Solarz, who just left us. He passed away at the age of 70 years. He served in this body from 1975 to 1992. Republican or Democrat, he loved this country…

I would like to recognize my friend and colleague, the gentleman from New York, Peter King.