The only power that Congress has to effectuate the war-making power, to control whether we should be at war somewhere or another, is the power of the purse. We are not saying, by adopting this amendment, we would not be saying that we want…

The remarks of the gentleman from Florida were incorrect. This amendment limits $10 billion from this CR, enough to bring the troops home during the pendency of this CR. Funds that were already spent were appropriated from the previous…

The intent is clear: It is time to bring U.S. involvement in the war in Afghanistan to an end and to bring our troops home. The war effort in Afghanistan is no longer serving its purpose of enhancing the security of the United States…

I have been listening very carefully to the supporters of this amendment, to Mr. Pence and others, and what do I hear? I hear that we must punish Planned Parenthood by defunding them because they have committed a number of sins. Sin Number…

The amendment would prohibit the use of any funds made available in this act to make an application for what's commonly known as a section 215 order requiring the production of library circulation records, library patron lists, book sale…

I move to strike the last word, Madam Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

Now, the question is raised: Why should we spend money on Amtrak for capital funding when it loses money? The gentleman asked that. Well, the answer is almost no transportation modality in this country makes money. That's why we had to…

The continuing resolution under consideration today includes very dangerous cuts to key transportation programs. This is exactly the wrong thing to do if we want to reduce unemployment, create jobs, and grow the economy. In a survey…

I won't speak for 5 minutes. I've been sitting here waiting for my amendment to come up, which it will in a couple of hours probably. But I have to make one comment on everything I'm hearing on the floor. We hear amendment after amendment…

I don't think anybody will uphold that argument because they will never get to it because they will decide the case is valid...

I rise in opposition to this extension of the expiring provisions of the Patriot Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. I cannot support this extension when the House has done nothing to consider these provisions, or…

To say that the minority could have Ms. Norton as the witness to talk about D.C. is to say that we couldn't talk about the basic provisions of the bill.