I thank the distinguished gentlelady from New York. Mr. Speaker, the House GOP has once again exposed its extremism for all of the American people to see. The resolution that underlies this rule is dead on arrival in the Senate and will…

And we lost approximately 600,000 jobs during that 8-year period.

Under the 8 years of the Clinton administration the so-called confiscation tax rate was 39.6 percent.

And under this confiscation rate, approximately 20 million jobs were created in America.

I think it would be irresponsible to simply attempt to hold hostage the full faith and credit of the United States of America.

It is clear to me that reasonable people should be able to agree that online piracy is a significant problem, deserves to be addressed.

It is an honor and a privilege, Mr. Speaker, to once again have this opportunity to stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives and to anchor the CBC Special Order where, for the next 60 minutes, members of the Congressional…

I thank my good friend from New Jersey for those very insightful and thoughtful observations. I think the organized labor movement has a pretty simple objective in that a hard day's work should be compensated by a good day's pay; and…

Thank you, Congresswoman Beatty, for those very comprehensive, thoughtful, and insightful remarks, and for pointing out, of course, the historic connection between the struggle for civil rights here in America and the organized labor…

Thank you, Representative Veasey, for your very eloquent thoughts and observations. Of course, we understood that Dr. King was very close with organized labor, with 1199 in New York, with the retail workers, and a variety of other unions…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina for those observations and for your continued leadership here in the Congress. I would ask the Speaker how much time is remaining on this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…