I first ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material into the Record on the subject of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Thank you. I ask for the House to stand for a moment of silence. ____________________

I thank the gentleman. The Sunday after Bill Gray left Congress, he preached a sermon, where he said that he was chasing his mission. And his mission wasn't money. It wasn't being in Congress. It was serving people. And he was leaving the…

Thousands and thousands of Members have served in this body. For almost each of them, it was an honor to serve; but for a very small portion of those who had the honor to serve in this House, they have literally honored this institution by…

Let me first thank the House for setting aside this time to appropriately reflect on and to celebrate the life of service of William H. Gray--Bill Gray, as we know him--who represented my hometown of Philadelphia so very well in this…

I will place in the Record a number of letters from local elected officials: State Senator LeAnna Washington, State Senator Stack, and a number of State legislators, including my own, Vanessa Brown, and J.P. Miranda. Senate of…

I now yield to the gentlelady from Ohio (Ms. Fudge), who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, for an opportunity to talk about Bill Gray and his service to our Nation.

I just wanted to come to the floor. I have had the opportunity to serve on this subcommittee under the leadership of my great friend from Texas and our ranking member, Congressman Bishop from Georgia. {time} 1610 The focus of the work is…

Let me thank the ranking member and let me thank the gentleman, Mr. Sensenbrenner, who brought this bill before us. I rise in support of the bill, and I wanted to use this occasion to make some additional comments. We recognize that the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to our ranking member.

There is no more important subject matter.

The VA means so much to so many of our fellow citizens in terms of the range of its services.

the work that you have done has been extraordinary given the challenges that the VA faced when you walked in the door

I support the veterans' courts.

I was for Yucca Mountain, and I am still for Yucca Mountain.

I thank the gentleman, my good friend from New Jersey. I want to say that this amendment would do serious damage to our efforts in terms of the National Weather Service. In the mark of the House and the Senate appropriation bills for FY13…

It's a new year. For my youngest children, both will grow 1 year older this year. My daughter Chandler will turn 10, and my teenager, Cameron, will turn 15. Today, we know the birthday of the Emancipation Proclamation as we celebrate it…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I know that people may be confused by some of this debate, so I just want to bring some common sense to it. In every instance, A is the preferable option. Whether you get your ticket to heaven or…

I want to thank the gentleman for his great work on this legislation; and also my colleague, who will be leaving us, the chairman of the Rules Committee, who's done some great work over his many years. I rise in support of this…

I proudly cast a ``yea'' vote in support of H.R. 733, the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act, with the memory of Elmer Chenault in mind. This important legislation will address the high mortality rate associated with Pancreatic…

I thank the gentleman. I'm opposed to the rule, I'm opposed to the bill, but I'm really opposed to the thinking behind this. This is like a Back to the Future or the Flat Earth Society or something. I don't know how we would have a space…

I thank the gentleman. I served for many years on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. I've been involved in a lot of these investigations over time. I served for many years on the House Ethics Committee. The Congress should be…

Obviously, it would be a different population if one were asked to volunteer versus one selected through a random sample.

Reclaiming my time, we're not trying to decide parochial kinds of decisions about which might be purchased and which not. The law, as passed by a Congress and signed under President Bush, requires the Department to act in terms of energy…

I have no higher priority in the Commerce section of the bill than MEP. I have visited with them in their meetings with local manufacturers. I visited with them in Orlando with over 1,000 manufactures from around the country. I know…