Chaka Fattah

There's some 309 million Americans, and some 200,000 will be getting this form, right?

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Schweikert

I'm opposed to the idea that in a country of laws we want to deny the opportunity for our issues to be raised in a court of law. That's how we settle matters in our Nation, and I think it sets the example for the rest of the world. So this…

I think that maybe if the gentlewoman would withdraw the amendment, we would work with her to make sure that we think we've met what is needed to make sure that every one of these kits is analyzed. And if that's not the case, then we can…

I ask for a recorded vote on the last amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman's request is not timely. Will the gentlewoman from Texas clarify which amendment she is offering?

I'm saying if you go over to page 79, the top three lines, ``as approved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance.'' The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from Virginia has…

If the gentleman would yield for a second, or if you run out of time, I will take time and I will yield to you, either way.

Is it your intent to deprive the Appropriations Committee of this important information?

Okay. It would seem to me that you are limiting the committee's oversight of their ability to receive information about what is taking place; is that accurate? Is that your intent?

I'm trying to clarify, your amendment is amending page 78, line 17, of the bill?

I support my colleague in his amendment. Hopefully, he'll withdraw some of the other ones, and we're in business. I yield back the balance of my time.

I hope that the House would handle this amendment appropriately, relative to what has been said about Legal Services. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The last I heard, the Paralyzed Veterans were for these provisions.

If the gentleman would continue to yield, so you are saying that the groups that have been identified as being for these regulations, you have convinced them to the contrary?

Have you called the Paralyzed Veterans of America or any of those types of organizations? Did you just call the hoteliers?

Assuming this role from my caucus, the first visit I made was to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Virginia. This work is very, very important that the gentlelady from Florida has pointed out because of the pervasiveness of…

I thank the ranking member. We rise in opposition because the offsets we think are ill-advised in terms of its cuts, particularly to the Civil Rights Enforcement Office, and a number of others. We request a ``no'' vote on the amendment.

I also can support this amendment. I led the effort in the Pennsylvania legislature to create drug courts in our State. I'm a big supporter, and I think that the chairman--in the bill before us, we've already increased this account, but I…

Let me give just one example, and then I will just stand in opposition to the amendment. On page 30, line 15, this amendment would cut the FBI by $245 million. Now, we know of the important work being done on behalf of the safety of…

On behalf of the Democrats, I yield back the balance of our time. We have no further speakers.

I would note that the chairman and I are both in a significant minority on this floor in voting for the Bowles-Simpson proposal, so we're for a balanced fiscal approach, but we also know that we have to make important investments. I yield…

I am glad there is a recognition of the importance of manufacturing, and the chairman has done a yeoman's job in making sure we, in a number of ways, attack this. I would like to yield 3 minutes to my colleague on the committee, the…

We should be supportive in making sure that we have a healthy fishing community in our own country.

I also assume that you agree that for federally funded research that leads to new widgets being manufactured, that manufacturing should take place in the United States of America.