you know, to the Americans who are watching what is taking place on this floor over the past couple of days, it probably seems like a story nightmare, what is up is down, what is down is up; 215 is assumed to be less than 213. There you…

I support the original intent of SCHIP to cover our low-income children at 200 percent of the Federal poverty level; yet the bill before us really strays from that, and we all know it. And we're debating this under a lockdown rule because…

You know, we're beginning to hear from some of the nearly 54,000 Medicare beneficiaries that we have in our district because they have figured out that this is going to be financed on their back; and we have nearly 9,000 Medicare Advantage…

Mr. Speaker, today I'm rising to oppose this bill. We are all for fair pay; we are all for equal pay for equal work, and we are all against discrimination. But, Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2831 does much more than just simply overturn a Supreme…

I do rise in support of the Stearns- Blackburn amendment to protest the actions of a rogue government agency that really is out of control, and I thank Mr. Stearns for his good work and his good efforts on this with us. The EEOC, as we…

I rise to support the Musgrave amendment. I think it is the wise move to make. It shows good stewardship to come in and look at this budget and say, where do we slow the growth and how do we slow the growth? As we all know and as we have…

I know this is beginning to sound like a broken record, but the ``Hold on to Your Wallet Congress'' is at it again. In today's latest episode, the liberal leadership has proposed another spending bill that will most likely be dead on…

I would remind one of the previous speakers that there are no title X cuts in this amendment. What this amendment does is to state that Planned Parenthood cannot receive those funds. Planned Parenthood in 2005 did perform 260,000…

you know, this is so interesting listening to this fiscal debate and talking about we are the fringe. Well, let me tell you, FRINGE is a great acronym, and let me tell you what FRINGE is a great acronym for. And I think it is very…

I would hope that our security is of such importance to us that we would not weaken this program. We know that the security of our ports is important. We want to make certain that the workers that we are sending in to these ports have gone…

today the liberal leadership of this House will call up H.R. 980, the Public Safety Employee-Employer Cooperation Act. It sounds harmless. But let's not mince words. This bill is not concerned with public safety. It's a payoff from the…

the gentleman was just making his point, and in part of that he is right, but the important part of this is that what we have to do is be certain that a Secretary doesn't delete these provisions. And if you are going to give them that…

today we will see another attempt by the liberal majority leadership to drive a stake between the American people and the brave men and women fighting in the global war on terror. Today's latest attempt is called a precipitous withdrawal…

I guess I don't like the rhetoric of defeat. And I think that if we look at the situation in Iraq and if we look at the global war on terror, we have to ask ourselves: If we accept defeat at the hands of the terrorists, then what type…

Now, the problem that has come before us is SCHIP has to be reauthorized before September 30th, and the funding will expire. Now, this is a program we don't want to expire. We would like to see it continue as it was originally set up to…

You know, as you were saying that, I'm reminded of what we in Tennessee went through in 1994 and 1995 as we saw the advent of TenCare in our State, which was the test case for Hillary Clinton health care. And we know what has happened in…

Today we have 6 million children that are covered in SCHIP. We also have 600,000 adults that are covered in SCHIP.

Yes. And one of the points that I would make in this debate is that in fiscal year 2007 alone, SCHIP will cost the American taxpayer $11.5 billion. Now, under the plan that the Democrat leadership is pushing forward for expansion of this…

It is amazing to me as we are looking at this and looking at the reauthorization of it and looking at what has been a very successful program when it has worked as a block grant program, and then look at the problems that would arise as it…

since we have all been gone, the Glasgow Airport has been bombed, Piccadilly Circus in London was the site of an attempted terrorist attack, another attempt on a hospital, and within 48 hours, the British Intelligence Agency rounded up…

I thank Mr. Jordan for the good work that he is doing right here. He is exactly right in the amendment that he is bringing forward, hold constant, hold it level. Mr. Chairman, we hear this from our constituents every single day. We all…

well, here we are again. Another day, another several billion dollars in new spending proposed by this ``Hold Onto Your Wallet'' Congress. They have already passed the largest tax increase in history, and they spend too much money. Today's…

This is about respect for life, our's and those in other countries. I commend the gentleman on the amendment, and I do rise in support of this amendment and of the Mexico City Policy and making certain that we pass the Smith-Stupak…

this is quite a debate that we are having tonight, and I appreciate the vigor and the energy that colleagues on both sides are bringing to this debate. Mr. Chairman, I do have to stand and really oppose some of the things that are being…

Not at all. One of the things that we have been very clear on is talking about the abuse of earmarks.