I yield myself 1 minute. Members will be asked to vote on two resolutions, H. Con. Res 51, and a resolution offered by Speaker Boehner, H. Res. 292, both of which address U.S. military involvement in Libya. I do not believe that H. Res…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. In defense of Mr. Burton's description of U.S. involvement already in Libya, I would like to have entered into the Record an article from the Guardian U.K., dated May 22, which talks…

May I inquire of the Chair how much time remains for all? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio has 3 minutes remaining; the gentleman from California has 45 seconds remaining; and the gentlewoman from Florida has 1\1/2\ minutes…

This House has just had a great constitutional debate about the meaning of article I, section 8, where the Founders made it very clear that the war power is placed in the hands of Congress. This debate that occurred today is not an end. It…

I want to thank all Members on both sides of the aisle who have participated in this important constitutional debate. What does it mean to defend the Constitution? Well, if you know that Congress very clearly has the power to declare war…

Why are we in debt? We borrow trillions for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, trillions for tax cuts for the rich. We borrow billions from China and Japan. We have plenty of money for war, Wall Street, and welfare for the wealthy; but when…

It is certainly no time to be pulling the plug on food assistance programs.

70 of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of the residents eligible for emergency food.

I look forward to working with you so that we can ensure that these critical food programs are protected from further budget cuts.

Mr. Kucinich. You said welfare checks substitute for husbands? Did you say that?

I think we ought to give people jobs. Jobs create work. There ought to be work, not welfare, for those who are able to work.

Mr. Kucinich. Mr. Rector, I just want to make sure that I heard you correctly. Did you say that welfare checks are substitutes for husbands?

We have to make sure that as we analyze these programs in our desire to streamline them, that we don't inadvertently lowering the available benefits at a time of highest demand.

Are you saying that there has been no increase in homelessness or just that there is no increase in the use of homeless shelters?

We need to invest in technology that is available.

Why would you reduce anybody's benefits in a period where people are having trouble making ends meet?

To blame the poorest of the poor, the hungriest of the hungry, because of the failure to collect adequate information is unconscionable.

I am very concerned that we don't weaken programs' ability to meet needs either by reducing benefits or cutting eligibility.

Mr. Kucinich. I just have to say that seems like somewhat of a simplistic formulation. Do you really mean that to be what you say for the record because if you do, we have to go a bit deeper into this.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for calling this hearing.

We want to help those who need help and by so doing, you save money.

We have a jobless recovery where the Fed is printing money out of nothing and giving it to banks, banks not loaning money to mainstreet so jobs can be created.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I really appreciate that.

To whom it may concern, the Hunger Center to me is like a Godsend.

I have tremendous confidence in your compassion and your quality of heart.