Last year, Congress passed an updated formula for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (the HOPWA program). The change was necessary to ensure the program better reflected how the HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing in this country…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. {time} 1530 The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 8094 and 8095. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 478, the gentleman from New…

Let me start off by saying that it is hard for me to imagine a more pernicious proposal than the balanced budget amendment.

That is fundamentally undemocratic and tyrannical.

The Constitution should provide procedures for government and should protect individual rights but should not lock in policies, especially economic policies.

I just want to say that what the gentleman just mentioned, raising the retirement age of Social Security and various other things, are, in fact, benefit reductions.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 43 Offered by Mr. McGovern The Acting CHAIR. It…

First of all, no one is proposing to release these people, although some probably should be released, but no one is proposing that, so take that red herring off the table. Second of all, I, too, have visited Guantanamo, and I don't know…

I will not take 5 minutes. This amendment will strike section 1023 of the bill that prohibits the use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States for Guantanamo detainees. The provision is simply designed to further…

How much time do I have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In division A, strike section 1022 (relating to prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals…