Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, whether it is an attempt to deny women reproductive or other health services, or a refusal to support efforts to achieve equal pay for equal work, many women in America today feel under siege. Indeed…

I just walked in in the middle of this amendment, but it's very similar to an amendment we took up last night, and it's equally wrongheaded. Aside from the fact that it's almost irrelevant, this amendment, as I read it, says that none of…

I had anticipated and we had been told that the gentleman was going to offer an amendment that said none of the funds in this Act may be used by the Justice Department to argue for the Defense of Marriage Act in court. And I was going to…

I want to congratulate and thank the sponsors of this amendment for introducing it. The amendment begins to break down the taboo in American politics about discussing drug policy intelligently. It also begins to, hopefully, result in the…

I, too, rise in opposition to this amendment. We have had amendments and even bills on the floor in the past that were just as misguided, and they all take the same form or a similar form: either an amendment to say that no fund shall be…

Is the gentleman aware that, if the equipment is not ready, then under the law it is not readily achievable and that it doesn't have to be done at that point and that the DOJ has already met with the industry and has told them this?

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in opposition to this deeply flawed and deceptively named legislation. Contrary to the bill's title, this bill will not promote access to better health care nor will it make health care more…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank her for her excellent exposition as to the law and the constitutionality, with which I am in full agreement. As we all know, the administration recently announced that a popular and…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia will control the time of the gentleman from California. There was no objection.

I claim the time in opposition to the conference report. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XXII, the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon), the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith), and the gentleman from New York…

I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. We do not need to do this. We should not do this. And because of this momentous challenge to one of the founding principles of the United States--that no person may be deprived of his liberty…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 283, noes 136, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 932] AYES--283…