Governor Walker has inadvertently done a public service by exposing the extent to which this mind-set of privatizing what is the public sphere...

It obviously had no effect whatsoever on the State budget.

Whether there is such a thing as a public sphere with public servants who perform duties on behalf of the public...

Governor Walker's effort to repeal the rights of State workers is a nonfiscal, nonfiscal policy item.

I thank the gentlelady. I just want to comment on my friend from Georgia's scholarly, even erudite, mention of the quote from Shakespeare and ``The Tempest'' because I too was thinking of ``The Tempest'' perhaps in a different line, not…

Here is a formula for the collapse of both our economy and our democracy: increase spending for the Pentagon by $7 billion and ensure its budget for the rest of the fiscal year. Everything else gets cut $13 billion and gets a budget for…

It is said our government runs on a system of checks and balances. But when it comes to war, the administration writes all the checks and Congress doesn't know what the balance is. The administration can wage war and ignore Congress, says…

The critical issue before this Nation today is not Libyan democracy; it is American democracy. In the next hour, I will describe the dangers facing our own democracy. The principles of democracy across the globe are embodied in the U.N…

I thank the gentleman very much. As a Congressman from the Cleveland area, I want to thank the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) for pointing out the importance of making this change so that we can continue to have the air show at the…

If the gentleman will yield, I would be pleased to work with both of those gentlemen to make sure that we cover all the safety concerns that are expressed.

We are in the midst of a foreign policy and constitutional crisis. The administration has committed our Nation to a war against Libya in violation of the Constitution of the United States. The administration has said they do not have full…

May I inquire how much time is remaining for each individual. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich) has 5\3/4\ minutes remaining; the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros- Lehtinen) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining; the…

I include for the Record a report from the Afghanistan Study Group that says that the current U.S. military effort is helping to fuel the very insurgency we are attempting to defeat. SUMMARY At nine years and counting, the U.S. war in…

So I was saying, Mr. Speaker, over 1 million innocent Iraqis died pursuant to the bloodshed and chaos that occurred during the Iraq war. How can anyone in public life who understands that not come into public forums and demand justice…

March 20, 2003, 8 years ago, the United States launched a full-scale attack on Iraq. Many of us remember watching the images of shock and awe as violence was wreaked against the people of Iraq and, in particular, the city of Baghdad. That…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We've stated over and over in this debate the cost of this war in this budget alone will be over $113 billion--$113 billion. There are Members who have come to this floor trying to whack a billion dollars in…

The 2001 authorization of military force and the justification for our continued military presence in Afghanistan is that the Taliban in the past provided a safe haven for al Qaeda or could do so again in the future. General Petraeus has…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Does the Chair have the ability to direct individual Members that they are to give their closing statements? The SPEAKER pro tempore. A Member may yield his last amount of time to another Member at his…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Does the Chair have the right to determine that closing statements are the order of business here? The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is the custom of the House for the Chair to recognize Members in the reverse…

Is it the province of the Chair to determine that closing statements are in order? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Recognition is in the discretion of the Chair.

I would like to put into the Record an article from the National Interest which states that many U.S. and western troops cannot leave their bases without encountering IEDs or more coordinated attacks from insurgents. [From The National…

I would like to insert into the Record a recent report from The Washington Post that says that we've seen the steepest increase in lost limbs among soldiers and marines occurring in the last 4 months. [From the Washington Post, Mar. 9…

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez). (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I want to point out that for those Members who are concerned about the finances of this government, U.S. debt soared from $6.4 trillion in March 2003 to $10 trillion. Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner economist, and his associate, Linda…

I yield myself 10 more seconds. Overall government spending has increased 9 percent from 2008 through 2011, but Afghanistan war spending has increased 25 percent. If you want to save $100 billion, then vote for this resolution. I yield 2…