I rise to express my strong support of and condolences for the people of Poland as they mourn the loss of their President, Lech Kaczynski, the First Lady, and 94 others after a tragic plane crash this past Saturday.

Each generation has had to take up the question of how to provide for the health of the people of our nation. And each generation has grappled with difficult questions of how to meet the needs of our people. I believe health care is a…

It's not the bill I want. It's not the bill I like.

The bill is a terribly flawed bill that will lock in the privatization of health care, $70 billion bonanza for the insurance industry.

I don't take back anything I said.

I knew immediately that once I changed my position, anybody who made a contribution to support me, based on holding out and voting against the bill should get their money back, absolutely.

I mean, the president is aware of that and I think, the whole country is.

I have decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation. If my vote is to be counted, let it count now for passage of the bill hopefully, in the direction of comprehensive health care reform.

I want to help the states get the right to pursue single payer.

I think there's a lot riding on this, absolutely.

The more troops we send into Afghanistan, the more support the Taliban gains as resistors of foreign occupation. We say we want to negotiate with the Taliban in the future while, at the same time, conducting air strikes to take out Taliban…

One of the areas of concern that I have about our presence in Afghanistan that I haven't seen discussed that much deals with the role of oil and gas, particularly in Afghanistan. Paul Craig Roberts, who was an Assistant Secretary of…

Mr. Speaker, in 2001 I joined the House in voting for the Authorization for Use of Military Force. In the past 8rac{1}{2} ext{ years, it has become clear that the Authorization for Use of Military Force is being interpreted as carte…

I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman), who, you know, we do have a difference of opinion about this resolution, but we're united in the fact that this House should debate it, and any Member of this House, whatever…

I also want to say that this CRS study, Congressional Research Study, on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force makes it very clear in it that the War Powers Act is not superseded, and I would like to submit this for the Record…

I just want to say that you can talk about how the Democratic leadership is bringing this up at the time that there is obviously a surge about to begin, but why question the timeliness of the debate when in fact my friend in the minority…

One of the things that really doesn't often get discussion here on this floor with respect to a war is the specifics about how it affects people back home. And because I come from Cleveland, I just want to share with you some things just…

First of all, section 4(a)(1) of the War Powers Act requires the President to report to Congress any introduction of U.S. forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities. When the President reports, he does so consistent with but not…

I would gently remind my colleague from Georgia that article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States places expressly in the hands of Congress the power to declare war. This resolution does not seek to usurp our Commander in…

I would like to respond to my friend that the authorization for the use of military force, which passed September 14, 2001, had in its provision this particular line: ``Nothing in this resolution supersedes any requirement of the War…

I just would like to talk for a minute about the mission in the context of what is going on with the government in Kabul. The Washington Post did a story on February 25 which talks about "Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving…

We're either in or we're out. Unless this Congress acts to claim its constitutional responsibility, we will stay in Afghanistan for a very, very long time at great cost to our troops and to our national priorities. Or we can set a date…

I would like to speak about the failure of the counterinsurgency strategy. The Brookings Institution recently reported that, in terms of raw violence, the situation is at an historic worst level with early 2010 levels of various types of…

My resolution calls for the withdrawal of all U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan no later than December 31 of this year. And it can be done. Unlike Iraq, where we have significant infrastructure built in and around the country to support…

In 2001 I joined the House in voting for the authorization for the use of military force. In nearly 9 years, it has become clear that the authorization for the use of military force is being used carte blanche for circumventing Congress'…