I won't take the 5 minutes, but I just wanted to complete a couple of comments on Amtrak from the discussion of the last amendment. That amendment, which has now been passed--I thought it wasn't--on a voice vote, but which has been passed…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 346, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 348, line 2. On page…

Let me begin by congratulating the gentleman from New Jersey on his program to repair fistulas, which are a great problem for many women in the developing world. I yield to the gentlewoman from New York.

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

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

Reclaiming my time, I'd like to just point out, of course what the gentleman from Massachusetts says is absolutely correct. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. 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…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Republican effort to deny 32 million Americans health care, to deny millions of middle class Americans the ability to get health care insurance if they have…

``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any…

Let me first thank everyone who has worked on this bill and say the Senate passed this bill a little while ago unanimously. The most conservative Senators, Senators Enzi and Coburn, supported it, and I hope we can do the same. Nine years…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to oppose this bill, however the rule comes out, for several reasons. Number one, if this bill passes, we will extend the upper income tax cuts at a cost of increase…