I rise as a fiscal hawk. I rise as one who believes passionately in the issue of the debt and the deficit and government spending, but one who believes that we can't pretend our way to fixing those problems and that the first part of…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia, and I thank him for the way he highlighted great action from folks there at home. I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I will say to the chairman from Kentucky that I am absolutely sympathetic in the way that he and others in the leadership are really caught between a rock and a hard place. If you think about 100 members of the defense community saying…

I thank the gentlewoman. Madam Speaker, my colleague from Maryland made the comment just a moment ago of the ``responsibility caucus,'' that he would like to see more of that. What I would submit to everybody in this Chamber is that…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think that there is one fundamental question in this debate, and that is: Should a child be trapped in a school that traps them? Should a child be trapped in a school that, for whatever reason, isn't…

I too rise in opposition to the so-called Iran nuclear accord. I do so for all the reasons that have been well- articulated over the last couple of hours. But I also do so based simply on the reason of history. And it is a history that is…

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 South Carolina will be postponed. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word…

Again, I respect the Solomon's wisdom that would be required by the chairman and others on the committee in dividing the different interests, and that is why I think the Founding Fathers had it right. They said that, ultimately, nobody in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: limitation on use of funds for oil and gas lease sale…

In just a moment, I will request a moment of silence, but before I do, I stand here with other Members of the South Carolina delegation to say our colleague Jim Clyburn, who right now is back home visiting with aggrieved families on the…

For all these different reasons, we need to stop and pause, not necessarily to bring troops home, but, as has been suggested by others, to force a debate on Congress' role. This is something Republicans and Democrats ought to equally care…

I thank my colleague from Massachusetts for offering this important proposal that he is joined with by colleagues from California, New York, North Carolina, and other places. I am a Republican who stands proudly with this Democrat because…