I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $70,200,000)''. Page 157, line 2, after the…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, we're back again considering cruel and unconstitutional legislation that would curtail women's reproductive rights. This bill contains a nearly total ban on abortions prior to viability…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Smith-Moran-Nadler amendment, which provides a six-part plan for closing Gitmo. The amendment will remove the existing limitations on transfers, strike the current requests for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the Smith-Gibson amendment. When we considered the fiscal year 2012 version of this bill, I argued in opposition to sections 1021 and 1022. I argued then--and I still believe…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this bill would raise the debt ceiling, but only insofar as necessary and only for the purpose of paying our debts to China and to Social Security. Not raising the debt ceiling beyond what…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to oppose the radical Republican budget, which will increase unemployment and savage Medicare and Medicaid and other programs that families depend on, mostly to finance tax…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this bill is about women. It is about our sisters and daughters. It is about combating violence that no human being should ever face--rape, assault, sexual assault, human trafficking. By…

When the Republicans refer to President Obama's sequestration, they must think that no one in the country remembers the events of the last 2 years. Remember that 2 years ago, the Republicans blackmailed the entire country by saying that…

But all of that means very little if, when faced with a genuinely significant constitutional question, the House gives it the bum's rush. This bill should be subject to hearings in the Judiciary Committee, with input from constitutional…

I reluctantly rise in opposition to this bill. The purpose of this bill is laudable. Unfortunately, there are real constitutional problems. This bill would provide direct cash grants to rebuild houses of worship. Direct government funding…

The gimmick nature of this whole thing I won't elaborate on. It's been done before. The fact that this provision of withholding pay from Members of Congress is unconstitutional as it varies Members' pay is obvious. The argument that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. Madam Speaker, obviously, I support this bill today to replenish the hurricane insurance fund, which would otherwise run dry for the entire country next week, but it does not excuse the callous…