John Hall: “Thank you for agreeing to allow the amendment to be withdrawn. For the record, I would like to say that Under Secretary…”

I oppose the war in Iraq and I have always said that I would vote for additional war funding only if the bill contained a firm, responsible timeline to redeploy U.S. troops out of Iraq. On those grounds, and in accordance with the…

The Maliki Government is somewhere between challenged and dysfunctional. Now, that was October. In March General Petraeus stated on March 13, ``No one feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national…

I start to think,'' said Representative Walden to the oil company executives, ``about whether I might be able to lower the price at the pump and lower the price to my consumers. Have you ever thought about doing that, now that you're…

I voted ``nay'' on the motion to recommit H.R. 2082 with instructions to conference committee because such a vote would have killed the bill. H.R. 2082 includes a provision to ban torture and authorizes the intelligence activities of the…