Louise Slaughter

I thank everybody, but I certainly want to thank Mike Stevens and Pete Modaff for their work on the decade-long fight to restore funding for the NEA. I encourage my colleagues to support the progress we've made in restoring funding to the…

What this measure does is absolutely guarantee that any earmark in a conference report that has not been passed in the House will be subject to a point of order even though the Rules Committee may have protected against all points of order.

I wouldn't want you to believe this is going to be the permanent way this is going to run. Given the vast number, the 32,000 that you mentioned, and the fact that we had no budget last year, no Federal budget last year, there was an extra…

The Pentagon has now said that we are indeed enmeshed in a civil war and we now have a plan B. What we are going to do now is deal with insurgents so that we can try to pacify them and get pockets of peace somewhere, here and there in…

But we are here today to debate much more than procedure, Mr. Speaker. We meet today on the fourth day of the fifth year of the war in Iraq, a conflict that has gone on longer than the Korean War, even longer than the Second World War…

On January 10, President Bush announced an escalation of the Iraq war that will put as many as 50,000 more of our men and women in harm's way. Why 50,000 and not 20,000? Because the number of support groups who have to be there to support…

Let me say, just watch us, Mr. Dreier. I want to reiterate what I said last night: We have no intention of keeping our foot on your necks the way you did us. And you are just going to have to watch us and see. But you have voted against…

I am sure you recall the time in the Rules Committee when we took this package and broke it down vote by vote, and the majority, led by you, voted down every single one of them. This seems somewhat hypocritical to me.

I think, Mr. Dreier, my good friend, that we have done a remarkable job considering we have been sworn in less than 24 hours. We are, by no means, through when we finish the 100 hours, and we will be moving toward, again, a more just…

I want to remind the Chair of the Rules Committee that Democrats brought 15 amendments up last night, including amendments by the ranking members of Armed Services and Intelligence, that were not allowed.

I will be asking for a ``no'' vote on the previous question so I can amend the rule to give the House an opportunity to vote today up or down on a comprehensive reform package. I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment…

For the purpose of giving a response, I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey).

The world knows who is doing the big spending. We have the worst deficit we have ever seen. And as far as stepping up to the plate, the Democrats never get a chance at bat. We have absolutely nothing we can do, all we can do is vote up or…

The Frank substitute resolution expresses Congress' support for intelligence and law enforcement programs that track terrorists and terrorist finances and are conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate Congressional…

I am pleased to yield 5\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui).

For the purposes of clarification, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern). Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, for the record, I just want to state that I deeply resent the gentleman from Texas deliberately…

I would like to ask a favor. Mr. Terry and I want to split this 5 minutes exactly in half, and so if you would be kind enough to tell me when my time is up. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentlewoman is recognized for 2\1/2\ minutes.

We appreciate your getting to us, Mr. Speaker, and I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo).

I shall be very brief. As a microbiologist as well as a Member of Congress, I have been very concerned for some time about the overuse of antibiotics and the rise of drug-resistant bacteria. So what we are asking today is just a sum of…

Let me take just a moment to say to my friend from Oklahoma that when the Democrats were in charge here we would take up to 2 weeks in the Rules Committee looking at the defense bill which was almost always open because we all recognized…

I did have some speakers on the way, but at this moment, they are not on the floor, so I will reserve.

Mr. Speaker I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller). (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

As it happens, I have extra time, and I yielded to Mr. Rangel to respond to your comments.

If an independent commission is an abdication of our authority, why did we all vote unanimously to establish the 9/11 Commission? Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 5\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings). (Mr. HASTINGS…

I offer several amendments, and I ask unanimous consent they be considered en bloc. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from New York? There was no objection. The Clerk read as follows: Amendments…